AEMO’s Integrated System Plan doesn’t include ‘all the costs’

CIS Energy Program Director Aidan Morrison has criticised the Australian Energy Market Operator’s Integrated System Plan, claiming it doesn’t include “all the costs” needed for a guide on building a low-cost energy grid.

The Integrated System Plan provides an integrated roadmap for the efficient development of the National Electricity Market over the next 20 years and beyond.

Mr Morrison noted the plan does not include Snowy Hydro 2.0 or any of the transmission plans which state governments have already committed to which aren’t built yet.

“All those things should be up for grabs to see whether they're actually the best plan and I think there's great evidence that they're not actually part of the best plan anymore,” he told Sky News host Chris Kenny.

“But the integrated system plan doesn't try to adjust those or actually see whether there's a better way to do this at all and it certainly has to consider something like nuclear energy.”