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Our energy research program investigates possible and proposed energy solutions to address concerns about climate change, focusing on nuclear power and the clean energy transition.

Nuclear FAQ: answers to key questions about nuclear energy

Submission to Select Committee on Energy Planning and Regulation in Australia regarding Government Policy in the Integrated System Plan
October 4, 2024

The Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) welcomes the opportunity to make a submission to the...

Submission to AER’s Cost Benefit Analysis and RIT Application Guidelines Draft Amendments
Aidan MorrisonSeptember 20, 2024CIS

The Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) welcomes the opportunity to respond to the AER’s draft...

MEL | Canada’s Nuclear Progress: Lessons learned for Australia’s Energy Strategy
Chris Keefer, Aidan MorrisonSeptember 20, 2024
Join Dr. Chris Keefer in Melbourne to explore Canada's nuclear energy journey and what Australia...
Nuclear fear-mongering is not science
Zoe HiltonSeptember 20, 2024SPECTATOR FLAT WHITE

Nuclear energy opponents frequently cite cost and safety as reasons for Australia not to include...

SYD | Canada’s Nuclear Progress: Lessons learned for Australia’s Energy Strategy
Chris Keefer, Aidan MorrisonSeptember 19, 2024
Join Dr. Chris Keefer in Sydney to explore Canada's nuclear energy journey and what Australia...
Anti-gas Victoria faces some hard economic truths
Aidan MorrisonSeptember 11, 2024THE AUSTRALIAN

Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan has exposed deep conflicts in the energy transition by allowing households...

Dead and buried. Why our green hydrogen hope is gone for good
Jude Blik, Aidan MorrisonFebruary 19, 2026AP101

Executive Summary Green hydrogen is often heralded as a cornerstone of Australia’s net zero ambitions,...

Future No Longer Made in Australia: How we lost our low-cost electricity advantage
Zoe Hilton, Michael StutchburyDecember 18, 2025IA154
Trouble has been brewing in Australia’s smelting paradise over the last two decades, as rising...
Politics of Pressure: how government intervention left us short of gas
Grahame CampbellDecember 4, 2025AP96

Introduction Australia’s natural gas sector has transformed dramatically between 1975 and 2025. What began...

Risky Business. How The Energy Transition Introduces Risks That Raise Retail Costs
Jude BlikOctober 23, 2025AP91

Executive Summary The electricity system in Australia is adjusting to an increase in the overall...

The Renewable Energy Honeymoon: starting is easy, the rest is hard
Zoe Hilton, Michael Wu , Aidan MorrisonOctober 2, 2025AP89
The belief that Australia can decarbonise its economy by relying on the wind and the...
Notice of Dispute of Transgrid’s RIT-T for Meeting system strength requirements in NSW
August 13, 2025

The Centre for Independent Studies submits this Dispute Notice pursuant to Rule 5.16B of the...

Eraring’s extension puts fresh focus on NSW reliability planning
Zoe HiltonJanuary 23, 2026ENERGYNEWS BULLETIN
Eraring’s recently announced extension until 2029 has highlighted the absurdity of two key government decisions...
Eraring extension exposes Bowen’s credibility gap on renewables
Aidan MorrisonJanuary 21, 2026AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW

Those still clinging to the claim that renewable energy is cheapest will look back at...

Tomago smelter deal will force taxpayers to pay twice for ‘failed’ energy policy
Zoe HiltonDecember 15, 2025DAILY TELEGRAPH
Tomago aluminium smelter’s latest subsidy deal represents a desperate attempt by the federal government to...
The renewables honeymoon is over
Zoe HiltonOctober 9, 2025Energynewsbulletin

Energy Minister Chris Bowen has once again claimed “renewables are the cheapest form of energy”...

Why the renewables romance could be headed for divorce
Michael StutchburyOctober 7, 2025THE AUSTRALIAN
It was always going to be a massive task to decarbonise Australia’s fossil fuel intensive...
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Energy targets need a pinch of reality dust
Aidan MorrisonSeptember 25, 2025THE AUSTRALIAN
When Peter Pan pointed through the nursery window and said “second star to the right...
Australia’s renewable energy plan is dead
Zoe HiltonApril 11, 2025

Australia’s energy transition blueprint, the 2024 Integrated System Plan, is officially dead. The coroner’s report...

What Rooftop Solar is Doing to Your Power Bills
Zoe HiltonMarch 26, 2025

Everybody loves rooftop solar. It reduces emissions, supports the grid and lowers electricity bills for...

What’s missing from the CSIRO’s latest GenCost draft | Zoe Hilton
Zoe Hilton, Randall EvansDecember 18, 2024

The CSIRO just dropped a new draft of their annual GenCost report which claims renewables...

Is the CSIRO’s coal analysis neutral?
Zoe Hilton, Randall EvansDecember 6, 2024

Politicians love telling Australians that renewables are the cheapest form of energy, and none more...

Is Australia building the lowest cost energy system?
Zoe Hilton, Randall EvansNovember 26, 2024

Our energy ministers have time and time again promised Australians lower energy bills as a...

Nuclear Energy in Australia: Aidan Morrison vs. Simon Holmes à Court
Aidan Morrison, Chris Keefer, Randall EvansNovember 18, 2024

In this compelling debate, Aidan Morrison from the Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) and Simon...

CIS Submission to the NEM Review
September 18, 2025

THEME 1: ENSURING EFFECTIVE OPERATION OF THE SPOT MARKET Recommendation 1: Maintain the real-time regional...

Submission to Ausgrid Trial Waiver Application Consultation
September 16, 2025

  1 What Ausgrid is proposing and the waiver it seeks Ausgrid has applied to...

Submission to Productivity Commission’s Investing in cheaper, cleaner energy and the net zero transformation Interim Report
September 15, 2025

The Productivity Commission’s statement that careful emissions reduction policy design will enable gains in productivity...

Submission to the Senate Inquiry on Information Integrity
Michael StutchburySeptember 12, 2025

On behalf of the Centre for Independent Studies (CIS), we are pleased to provide the...

Submission to VNI West State Significant Infrastructure Application
August 18, 2025

The Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) welcomes the opportunity to respond to the VNI West...

Submission to AEMC’s Pricing Review Discussion Paper
Aidan MorrisonJuly 10, 2025

The Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) welcomes the opportunity to respond to the AEMC’s Pricing...

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