Correspondence To Supply Scenarios Relating To The Coalition’s Electricity Policy.

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DCCEEW officials prepared briefing materials analyzing the Coalition's electricity policy, specifically examining gas power generation as a response to projected electricity supply shortfalls. Internal correspondence from September 2024 shows staff developing talking points quantifying the gas infrastructure requirements: an additional 6,081 petajoules of gas to 2035 (equivalent to 11.8 years of current domestic consumption) and 41 years of consumption to 2050. Documents indicate this would require $14.4 billion in capital costs plus $2.3 billion in operations and maintenance. Staff coordinated messaging to counter Opposition Leader Dutton's policy announcements, with language finalized pending his speech content. The materials compare gas expansion scenarios against AEMO demand and coal closure projections but do not address climate or EPBC implications of expanded gas generation.