Economics References Committee

The majority voted against a motion introduced by Tasmanian Senator Richard Colbeck (Liberal), which means it failed.

Motion text

That the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation GenCost 2023-24 report be referred to the Economics References Committee for inquiry and report by 10 October 2024, to explore assumptions and costings made in the report, including but not limited to:

a. asset lifecycles;

b. capacity factors;

c. energy type costings;

d. financing costs;

e. fuel costs;

f. augmentation requirements of transmission systems;

g. data standards techniques; and

h. other related matters.