- Over the last 10 years investment in the electricity network infrastructure focused on reliable and safe electricity supplies.
- Since 1999, investment in electricity transmission and distribution networks has increased from less than $500 million per annum to over $1 billion per annum, with further increases forecast in the coming year.
- New South Wales has had a decade of more than 99.9 per cent reliability; while over the same period electricity demand has increased substantially.
- New South Wales has implemented the Greenhouse Gas Abatement Scheme, which uses market-based incentives to limit greenhouse gas emissions.
- The Energy Savings Fund also been established, with $200 million to invest in demand management and energy efficiency over five years. The Fund is intended to help reduce greenhouse emissions and stimulate investment in innovative energy savings measures.