Hints from the Prime Minister yesterday that he plans to scale back the Renewable Energy Target raise questions about whether Mr Abbott is in touch with farmers and manufacturers in regional Victoria who want to see wind energy flourish.
While Mr Abbott said that he supported the "sensible use of renewable energy", he made further comments about the effect of the RET on power prices that suggested the Prime Minister was not fully across how the RET is working.
"The Renewable Energy Target means jobs, investment and income into farming communities in regional Victoria," said Andrew Bray, State Coordinator for the Victorian Wind Alliance.
"There are farmers who have been waiting ten years for wind farm projects to start delivering for their communities but the primary barrier has been this constant moving of the goal posts.
"If the government just left the RET alone it would create the business certainty needed for wind projects to bolster regional economies.
Reference: energy-news-blog.blogspot.com
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