The Government, together with the states and territories, has committed $18 million towards the Nation Energy Productivity Plan (NEPP). The COAG Energy Council developed the NEPP to help meet Australia’s 40 per cent National Energy Productivity Target by 2030.
Funding will go towards improving Australia’s competitiveness, reduce GHG emissions and consumers’ energy costs, with actions including:
- Improving the energy efficiency of buildings, through updated commercial building standards in the 2019 National Construction Code, the development of a case for new residential building standards, and new NABERS tools.
- A new prioritisation strategy for accelerating appliance energy efficiency standards
- An Energy Use Data Model, to support better forecasting and policy.
- Research to make energy choices easier for consumers.