National Interest

Fancy earning a few extra dollars while helping the environment? It may sound too good to be true, but there are plenty of Germans doing it already. A feed-in tariff pays households for pumping electricity into the grid from roof-top solar panels, and proponents of the system say it offers a real incentive to invest in renewable energy and cut greenhouse gas emissions. Feed-in tariffs already exist in some states and territories, but rules vary from place to place and politicians of all stripes on the Senate Environment Committee agree it would make much more sense to have a consistent, Australia-wide system. So why is a bill to implement just such a system is about to be killed in parliament?

Guests

Christine Milne
Greens Senator for Tasmania

Further Information

Renewable Energy Amendment (Feed-in Tariff for Electricity) Bill 2008 - Second Reading

Standing Committee on Environment, Communications and the Arts
Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment (Feed-in Tariff) Bill 2008

Presenter

Peter Mares

Producer

James Panichi

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