NSW lifts energy savings ambitions, aiming to cut power bills, emissions

By Peter Hannam
Updated October 14 2015 - 3:08am, first published 3:06am
Power sector demand is already under a cloud. Photo: Andrew Quilty
Power sector demand is already under a cloud. Photo: Andrew Quilty
The Baird government is expanding the Energy Savings Scheme. Photo: Virginia Star
The Baird government is expanding the Energy Savings Scheme. Photo: Virginia Star
Power sector demand is already under a cloud. Photo: Andrew Quilty
Power sector demand is already under a cloud. Photo: Andrew Quilty
Power sector demand is already under a cloud. Photo: Andrew Quilty
Power sector demand is already under a cloud. Photo: Andrew Quilty
Power sector demand is already under a cloud. Photo: Andrew Quilty
Power sector demand is already under a cloud. Photo: Andrew Quilty

The Baird government has raised its energy savings goal by 70 per cent by 2020 in a bid to limit rising electricity and gas bills, and save an extra 730,000 tonnes of carbon emission annually by the end of the decade.

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