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Ever wondered how to lie with statistics? Ask a fossil fuel lobbyist.<\/p><\/div>\n

As the renewable energy target review commission prepares to bring down its findings, a battle royale rages over how to interpret the economic modelling. Stacked with climate change deniers and fossil fuel-connected industry types, the review committee has been well and truly nobbled. It\u2019s decision is pretty much sealed. For as Basic Governance 101 tells us: you never appoint a review unless you know the outcome.<\/p>\n

However the battle to win hearts and minds continues and the desperation of the FossilFuelCentral folks to grasp at something…anything…to bolster their case to abolish the RET is clearly evident. How disappointing then for the FFC spin doctors that the latest of their commissioned reports showed that the cost of a renewable energy target for Australian households is negligible. This before the benefits to jobs, investment, climate change is counted.<\/p>\n

As this article<\/a> from RenewEconomy shows, the cost of a renewable energy target to Australians is a mere $1.00 a week. That\u2019s right\u2026.$1.00 a week. Even this modelling has been dismissed by clean energy groups as being based on data that is out of date.<\/p>\n

According to the Clean Energy Council\u2019s Russell Marsh: “Deloitte has used a range of different assumptions that have been used by some other modelling that’s come out recently,” he said.\u00a0“One of the particular things is that they’re using, what we would consider, out of date figures for the cost of renewable energy.<\/p>\n

“They’re effectively inflating the cost of the RET.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But key business groups must at least be happy that they have finally found an economic modelling agency that backs their claims that the RET will actually increase household electricity prices. Previous modelling by the pro-government ACIL Allen agency found electricity prices would be cheaper for the consumer in the long run if the RET was maintained. This was backed by findings from Roam Consulting \u2014 who were commissioned by the Clean Energy Council<\/a> \u2014 that showed household bills would be $50 a year lower by 2020.<\/p>\n

However the weight of evidence hasn\u2019t stopped key mining and business industry lobby groups from swinging into action to call for the RET\u2019s dismissal or watering down. The pressure is being brought to bear with a constant drumbeat of misinformation that is aimed at consumers through spurious editorials, megaphone shock jocks and shrill opinion pieces. None of which is based on fact.<\/p>\n

With the renewable energy target review commission soon to produce its expected anti-RET findings, the focus will shift to the Senate where the government, backed by its findings, will look to influence Palmer United Party senators who are currently wavering. Indeed Big Clive (showman that he is) is playing the populist card for all its worth and saying he will block any moves to remove the RET. The government for its part will attempt to sway the PUP senators by presenting its case. If Clive and the PUPs are genuine, they’ll look at the full evidence on the effectiveness of the RET, not just the government\/mining lobby case.<\/p>\n

We live in interesting times. Stay tuned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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