Submission – 2025 Inputs Assumptions and Scenarios Report consultation

The CEC broadly welcomes the Australian Energy Market Operator’s proposed scenarios for the 2025 Inputs Assumptions and Scenarios Report (IASR). Scenario continuity is valuable to evaluating Australia’s decarbonisation trajectory over time and against previous iterations of the Integrated System Plan. 

This submission draws attention to policy and budgetary changes that have occurred since the 2023 IASR, namely Hydrogen Headstart, and incentives offered under Future Made in Australia including the Hydrogen Production Tax Incentive and the Critical Minerals Production Tax Incentive. It makes recommendations for minor changes to relevant scenario parameters to account for these policies.