Labor's $15bn+ energy policy cops criticism, left and right

Federal Labor is promising to spend more than 15 billion dollars, if it wins power, in upgrading the national electricity grid and boosting renewable energy.

Leader of the Opposition Bill Shorten addresses Bloomberg's New Energy Finance event in Sydney Source: AAP

To meet its target of 50 per cent renewables by 2030, households would be given taxpayer subsidies to install batteries and solar panels. 

The opposition's plan is facing criticism from both sides - from the Coalition and the Greens.