Guardian: The federal government has rejected suggestions that it could be forced to pay companies more than $2bn if it presses ahead with scrapping the carbon price before 2015.
New analysis from energy advisory firm RepuTex warns that the government could be facing a $2bn bill if companies rush to cash in their freely allocated permits before the carbon price is repealed.
Brown coal generators and other high-emitting companies were given free permits to help them get used to carbon pricing, which they...