Managing Queensland’s transition to renewable energy

Tabled Report 5: 2021–22

Tabled date

2021-11-25

Report year

2021-22

Infrastructure Natural resources

Entities audited

Not identified in the published HTML audit scope.

Recommendations

1. QAO's text Addressed to: the Department of Energy and Public Works

   publicly communicates its overall vision and objectives for the transition to renewable energy and sets out more information on its desired end state in its ten-year energy plan (Chapter 3)

2. QAO's text Addressed to: the Department of Energy and Public Works

   conducts an interim review by 2025 to formally assess its progress towards the target and to consider further actions to support its achievement of the target. These could include additional investment on network infrastructure, increased support for renewable generators or other actions to address external factors (Chapter 3).

3. QAO's text Addressed to: the Department of Energy and Public Works

   publishes a detailed public statement of how Queensland’s renewable energy target is defined and measured (Chapter 2)

4. QAO's text Addressed to: the Department of Energy and Public Works

   updates its calculations of progress against the target to fully account for all relevant renewable energy, such as small-scale renewable, and non-renewable energy, such as diesel generation (Chapter 2)

5. QAO's text Addressed to: the Department of Energy and Public Works

   reports more information on:

   • actual renewable generation including, for example, the amount of energy generated from wind, solar and other sources
   • the assumptions which support its renewable energy forecast (Chapter 3).

Authoritative report — Queensland Audit Office

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