On 30 November 2010, the Government released its discussion paper:
A Cleaner Future for Power Stations. The paper proposes that all new power stations be required to meet a minimum emissions performance standard and be capable of retrofitting carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies when these become commercially available (which is expected to occur within the lifetime of new power plants). The Parliamentary Library has produced a Background Note,
Performance standards to reduce energy emissions, that sets out the backdrop against which an Australian emissions performance standard might be explored.
