The best solution during the next five-to-10 years is a combination of government risk-based underwriting of the early-stage commercial risk associated with additional infrastructure, an active demand-management response as additional risk protection, and a clear strategy to move away from widespread gas use in the longer term.
Alison Reeve
Energy and Climate Change Program Director
Alison Reeve is the Energy and Climate Change Program Director at Grattan Institute. She has two decades of experience in climate change, clean energy policy, and technology, in theprivate, public, academic, and not-for-profit sectors.
Tony Wood
Energy and Climate Change Senior Fellow
Tony is the Energy and Climate Change Senior Fellow at Grattan Institute. He was previously the Program Director, from 2011 to 2025, and before then worked at Origin Energy in senior executive roles for 14 years. From 2009 to 2014 he was also Program Director of Clean Energy Projects at the Clinton Foundation, advising governments in the Asia-Pacific region on effective deployment of large-scale, low-emission energy technologies.