ACT energy policy faces federal pressure as renewables challenges mount

The ACT government's pledge to lead on renewable energy stands firm under the re-elected Barr Labor government, but the path ahead may be less certain. With a slim majority and a weakened ACT Greens partner, the coalition's stability is showing cracks that could reshape its ambitious agenda. Beneath the ACT's celebrated claim of "100 percent renewable," there lies a dependency on electricity from neighbouring New South Wales—raising questions about the authenticity of its clean energy narrative. Dr Michael de Percy from Canberra University unpacks the contradictions that lie beneath the surface of the ACT's green credentials.