Mark Williamson, Clean Energy Regulator | Carbon Markets, Solar PV and Australian Prosperity

Join Mark Williamson, Executive General Manager of the Clean Energy Regulator and myself from Victorian State Energy Summit with thanks to the Smart Energy Council.

We discussed the soon to be formed Australian Carbon Exchange, the new Guarantee of Origin program for our upcoming hydrogen economy which will eventually spread to ammonia, aluminium and steel, the specific role of the Clean Energy Regulator in the market, and discussed Australia's world leading rooftop solar penetration and the findings in the latest Quarterly Carbon Market report.

In light of Zoe Daniels and Monique Ryan Chairing two of the day's panel discussions, Mark and I discussed the continuity of programs and outlook of the Regulator through the recent transition of government, and their prioritised focus on declining the baselines for Australia's big emitters via the CER's Safeguard Mechanism.

I asked Mark for the simplest way he could give me to make power consumption relatable to someone outside the energy industry, and we talked through the country being on 50% renewables by 2026 and the governments 82% by 2030.

Closing out, we touch on the breadth of innovation at scale related to the Certificate of Origin program with folks like Fortescue Future Industries and the Sun Cable project, our previous ultra low, negative energy pricing for solar during the day and our upcoming investment in and necessity for upgrading our transmission lines.

Follow the links for more, and you can watch this episode and connect with business and industry leaders via my LinkedIn profile - click here to visit.

Australian Carbon Exchange - http://www.cleanenergyregulator.gov.au/Infohub/Markets/australian-carbon-exchange

Guarantee of Origin - http://www.cleanenergyregulator.gov.au/Infohub/Markets/guarantee-of-origin

Safeguard Mechanism - http://www.cleanenergyregulator.gov.au/NGER/The-safeguard-mechanism

Thanks to John Grimes, Lindsey Guest, Nicola Card at the rest of the team at the Smart Energy Council for their efforts, and you can find this interview and many others on the Smarter Impact YouTube channel at http://youtube.com/smarterimpact.