“The way the electricity markets, the spot market is set up, it's basically entirely the opposite of what infrastructure investment requires in that you're selling a commodity product, energy, into a spot market where often its value in any five minutes is zero.”

Claire Elkin · Energy Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast · In search of green capital

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argues that the Australian spot market structure is opposite to what infrastructure investment requires

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