The Prime Minister has established a Task Group on Energy Efficiency to advise the Australian Government, by mid-2010, on options to improve Australia’s energy efficiency by 2020.

The Task Group will deliver its recommendations to the Prime Minister through the Minister for Climate Change, Water and Energy Efficiency and the Minister for Resources and Energy.

In preparing its recommendations, the Task Group will focus on the most economically, environmentally effective and socially inclusive energy efficiency mechanisms that can deliver a step-change improvement in energy efficiency by 2020 and place Australia at the forefront of OECD energy efficiency improvement.

The Task Group has released an issues paper and is seeking submissions from the community. The closing date for submissions is Monday 3 May 2010.

The issues paper is available here.