QLD Renewable Energy Target (2017)

Policy Engagement Overview

• The evidence collected on corporate and industry lobbying on the QRET from 2016-20 indicates that the majority of corporate influence on the policy has been unsupportive.
• Companies including Rio Tinto and Delta Electricity, as well as industry groups such as APPEA, Australian Chamber of Commerce & Industry and Queensland Resources Council, opposed the QRET or lobbied to weaken the target. These entities have emphasized the risk of increased energy prices, the need for a technology-neutral approach, and/or the need to avoid duplication with the (less ambitious) federal Renewable Energy Target.
• Clean Energy Council has actively supported the QRET via its social media messaging in 2020.

Impacts on Policy Ambition

Despite mostly negative lobbying from corporations and industry associations, Queensland's target to generate 50 per cent of its energy from renewable sources by 2030 is still in place unchanged.