Via the AFR:
State Labor governments are expected to support the Turnbull government’s National Energy Guarantee at Friday’s Council of Australian Governments energy council meeting, but are keen to ensure a future Labor government can increase carbon emission reduction targets.
In what is shaping as a major victory for federal Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg – who has been facing a rearguard action from his conservative backbench colleagues over the future of coal in the National Electricity Market – Victoria, Queensland and the ACT are expected to give in-principle agreement to the NEG and commit to further work to resolve concerns about the details of the plan, which will put an emissions target on the electricity sector.
