2022 Submissions to Government
- Preview Independent Review of Australian Carbon Credit Units [PDF 175.8 kb]
- GEA's response to the Independent Review of Australian Carbon Credit Units Consultation Paper highlights three main areas where the Government can incentivise investment in low emissions technologies that minimise the costs to the Australian economy through the increased use of renewable gas fuels...
- Preview GreenPower Submission [PDF 232.1 kb]
- GreenPower - a government accredited provider of renewable energy products - sought feedback on its program. GEA's submission highlights the need to recognise renewable gases, such as bioLNG, biopropane and renewable DME, in reducing carbon emissions in the same way as biomethane and hydrogen. Many businesses rely on gas as essential, irreplaceable - both as a heat source (generating over 1,300 degree Celsius temperatures for manufacturing) that electricity cannot replicate, and as a feedstock. As such, any renewable energy generator should be included in the GreenPower scheme...
- Preview Resources Safety & Health Queensland Petroleum & Gas Inspectorate (PGI) Consultation Draft: Developing a Hydrogen Safety Code of Practice [PDF 216.3 kb]
- GEA asserts that the proposed Code for Queensland can be improved to better harmonise with national regulation. It unnecessarily creates overlaps and, within those multiple jurisdictions, inconsistencies that as to what is in and out of scope with various other requirements in Australia. The Queensland Code must have regard to these issues, as well as anomalies the draft Code creates regarding fuel gas blending in the future...
- Preview Victorian Energy Safety Commission Consultation - Open Flued Gas Space Heaters [PDF 203.0 kb]
- GEA reiterates our position that enhancements to the safety performance of OFGSH's be made uniformly across all states and territories through the Standards Australia processes. Further, that consumer protection and safety laws should be removed from jurisdictional gas regulatory frameworks and transferred to a single national regulator...
- Preview Heavy Vehicle Lane Departure Crashes - Consultation Regulation Impact Statement [PDF 79.9 kb]
- GEA supports the mandatory regulation through the Road Vehicle Standards Act along with the proposed timeline for implementation as outlined in the RIS...
- Preview Victoria's Emissions Reduction Target for 2035 Consultation [PDF 332.8 kb]
- GEA supports the Victorian Government's interim targets, noting the best way to achieve these goals is through renewable, net zero gases - namely renewable DME, biogas, biomethane and bioLPG - which are more reliable, have fewer input costs and emissions and, ultimately, are cheaper than electricfication...
- Preview NSW Environment Protection Agency - Regulatory Impact Statement - Proposed Dangerous Goods (Road and Rail Transport) Regulation 2022 [PDF 289.4 kb]
- GEA does not support the three options proposed under the RIS. All have fundamental issues that will adversely impact the industry...
- Preview The Australian Government's Low Emission Technology Statement 2022 [PDF 292.5 kb]
- GEA supports the Federal Government's technology-led approach to reducing Australia's emissions without imposing new costs on households, businesses or the economy. This approach allows greater scope for a wide range of low emission technologies to play their part in reducing emissions in particular applications...
- Preview Tasmanian Future Gas Strategy - Discussion Paper [PDF 280.3 kb]
- The Tasmanian Government's priorities of maintaining jobs, encouraging growth and investment, and protecting the interests of Tasmanian consumers, while ensuring energy remains affordable and reliable, means gas - including emerging renewable and net zero gases - must continue to play an important role in the state's energy mix. GEA is committed to working with the Tasmanian Government to develop a low to zero emission pathway for Tasmania...
