
Getting off gas: the case for all-electric homes in Australia
Grattan Institute
The Impact of the Gas Network Change on Gas Bills
Government should give the owner, initially a tax write-off. It's not unusual for governments to set standards around what needs to be in a rented home. What we don't want is people getting stranded on redundant gas connections because they can't afford to transition. The whole system has to be operated safely and reliably by the business owners and operators. And so if it takes time over a period of years or even ten at best, you've got to make sure that dealing with the financial consequences of writing down the value of these assets are dealt with effectively. I don't think there's any theoretical answer as to how much government will have to pay - but Europeans are doing a little better than