Josh Frydenberg's 'delicate balance': keeping energy cheap while cutting carbon

By Peter Hannam
Updated August 19 2016 - 2:13am, first published 1:47am
Josh Frydenberg, the new environment and energy minister, is expected to have a tough job juggling competing interests. Photo: Philip Gostelow
Josh Frydenberg, the new environment and energy minister, is expected to have a tough job juggling competing interests. Photo: Philip Gostelow
AGL's Liddell power station in the Hunter Valley may be the next big coal plant to close. Photo: Jonathan Carroll
AGL's Liddell power station in the Hunter Valley may be the next big coal plant to close. Photo: Jonathan Carroll
Community groups are to gather at Friday's COAG talks to urge ministers to resist a push against renewable energy. Photo: Paul Patterson
Community groups are to gather at Friday's COAG talks to urge ministers to resist a push against renewable energy. Photo: Paul Patterson
NSW government has signalled it wants more coal seam gas – despite AGL tossing in the towel. Photo: Peter Rae
NSW government has signalled it wants more coal seam gas – despite AGL tossing in the towel. Photo: Peter Rae

Boosting competition in energy markets while spurring the take-up of more renewable energy is the "delicate balancing act" facing new Environment and Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg as he musters state and territory energy ministers for their first joint meeting after the federal elections.

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