Malcolm Roberts (Queensland, Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party) Share this | Hansard source

I seek leave to amend business of the Senate notice of motion No. 1, standing in my name for today, proposing a reference to the Senate Environment and Communications References Committee, relating to the levelised cost of electricity.

Leave granted.

I move the motion as amended:

That the following matters be referred to the Environment and Communications References Committee for inquiry and report by 30 June 2017:

(a) the levelised cost of electricity (LCOE), with particular reference to the energy production options, including:

(i) coal fired electricity (without carbon capture and storage),

(ii) combined cycle gas turbines (without carbon capture and storage),

(iii) wind turbines,

(iv) medium-sized (five megawatt) solar photovoltaic (PV) systems,

(v) hydroelectricity, and

(vi) nuclear power;

(b) the projected LCOE generation in Australia from 2017 to 2030 as using coal, gas, wind, solar, hydroelectricity and nuclear power, and the likely variations in the percentages of these sources of electricity over the same period;

(c) the amount of taxpayer subsidies currently paid for electricity generation from each source, and the projected subsidies to 2030;

(d) to assist in cost effective decisions relating to carbon dioxide reductions, the amount of carbon dioxide emitted for coal, gas, wind, solar energy, hydroelectricity and nuclear power in:

(i) the construction process for plants or farms, for example, construction of components and transportation,

(ii) a 20 year power production period once constructed, and

(iii) the amount of carbon dioxide emitted for wind and solar PV farms across a 20 year power production period when a gas fired power station is the backup power source for when wind and solar PV is not supplying power at the rated power level, including the carbon dioxide emitted from the backup power source;

(e) the average amount of time over a year, a month, a week and a day that power plants or power farms are not producing power at their full-rated power level;

(f) whether the basis for calculating the effect on global climate of carbon dioxide as a result of human activity is either the reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) or the reports of NASA or the reports of CSIRO;

(g) the financial costs and benefits to Australia of reducing Australia's carbon dioxide output by 23 per cent, 50 per cent and 90 per cent; and

(h) any other related matter.