Customers are reaping rewards for riding the volatile wholesale market for electricity,but it comes with a bill shock warning.
The grid operator found that delays to key energy projects could cause power outages during a summer heatwave on the eastern seaboard.
Victoria will consume 50 per cent more electricity in 10 years as it transitions away from fossil fuels. Here’s what it needs to add to the grid.
Farmers are increasingly finding that hosting renewable projects not only provides guaranteed income,but can also offer agricultural benefits.
Origin Energy has reported a 30 per cent rise in profit amid soaring earnings from its domestic power plants and retailing business,but shares have dived on a lower earnings target than expected.
The energy regulator says renewables could dominate the electricity grid within the decade – if the grid gets the right upgrades.
Just months before it announced the deal to extend the life of Eraring,the NSW government asked the electricity grid operator to undertake more conservative modelling.
Unplanned outages at three east coast coal power stations contributed to soaring wholesale electricity prices,one of the factors that drive up bills.
Electricity costs are climbing again after a stretch of cold weather coincided with a wind power drought,forcing expensive gas plants to fill the gap.
Australia’s eastern states are facing looming gas shortages,and home owners are set to be targeted to reduce their use.
The residents of the tiny hamlet of Wallaroo in the Southern Tablelands say they support renewables,but the proposal for a giant solar farm on their doorstep is in the wrong location.