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Energy ministers to meet on Friday as regulator updates forecasts
Summer is almost done (according to the calendar) and we managed to get through it without significant electricity shortages. A heatwave building across southern Australia in coming days will add some extra demand.
I mean, yes, in nine months have we fixed every single reliability gap for the next decade? No, there's more work to do.
Am I pleased with what we've done? Yes. Am I yet satisfied? No.
You know that this report normally comes out once a year or so, this is a report which has been put out in a much more rapid timeframe because Aemo has reached the view that the guidance they provided last August is out of date because we've seen a lot more investment coming through with renewable.
So the sorts of decisions we are making across the board are making a difference on that sort of a timeframe, I expect Aemo will provide further updates.
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