Among those bringing the suit are the Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme, the Mineworkers' Pension Scheme, pension schemes for electricity workers in the UK, a number of ING funds and the teachers' retirement system of the state of Illinois.
Aware that a tradition of anti-incumbency voting makes it likely they may not remain in office for more than one term, politicians have had little incentive to invest in long-term programmes – schools, irrigation schemes, hospitals, electricity connections – and such projects often fall behind.
This paper questions whether current renewable support schemes and electricity market designs are well-suited to host a significant amount of wind energy.
In virtually all EU Member States, the EU Emissions Trading Scheme EUU ETS) is complemented by support schemes for electricity generation from renewable energy sources (RES-E).
The focus of subsidy schemes on electricity production from biogas or green gas is therefore logical, but does not necessarily promote an efficient use of resources or optimal business cases.
The study also observed that shifting funding of FiT schemes from electricity distributors to competitive retailers will likely have negative consequences for retail FiT offerings and PV customer servicing.
The first scheme, for big industrial polluters, would force power generators to pay for the closure of a competitor's dirty brown-coal-fired plant, while the second scheme, an electricity industry-specific "intensity based" trading scheme, is similar to one once backed by Turnbull himself.
In parallel with the price-cap system, the Italian regulator introduced an incentive scheme for electricity continuity of supply to apply during the period 2000 2003.
Guardian Australia understands the official Climate Change Authority report will recommend Australia adopt an intensity-based trading scheme for electricity generators.
