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Why the world envies Australia’s transition plan: A deep dive into what is the ISP
Episode Description
Australia’s energy transition is accelerating and the next Integrated System Plan (ISP) will be central to guiding it.
In this episode of AEMO On Air, we speak with Nicola Falcon, Executive General Manager – System Design, about how the ISP is developed, why it matters, and why it’s increasingly the envy of countries without a comparable long-term plan to navigate their transition.
Nicola explains how the ISP provides a national roadmap for generation, storage and network investment through to 2050, built on more than a year of consultation with over 1,400 stakeholders and 240 submissions. She outlines what’s new in the Draft 2026 ISP, including expanded scope into distribution network opportunities and better integration with gas markets and how feedback has refined assumptions on consumer energy resources and infrastructure timing.
The Draft 2026 ISP will be released on Wednesday, 10 December 2025.
Interviewer: Catie Low