Gale force winds have yet again toppled transmission lines,raising questions about the ability of the electricity grid to cope with climate change.
Residents and towns across northern Victoria say they’ve been left without power for 80 hours in just two months,which has forced businesses to shut and raised safety fears.
The regulator says it is increasingly concerned about dodgy operators in the Victorian Energy Upgrades program.
Households may get some relief from high electricity prices by the middle of the year as forward spot prices in the wholesale electricity market fall.
Nearly 3800 homes and businesses remain without power after heavy rain pummeled south-east Queensland in the early hours of the morning.
Record amounts of renewable energy are driving coal from the power grid,cutting emissions and electricity costs.
It doesn’t take much to plunge 1800 people into darkness. An Australia-first solution is being rolled out to fix it.
Electricity was brought in via the growing network of interconnector cables designed to boost the collective resilience and energy security of neighbouring countries.
The state could have acted in advance to avoid much of the suffering thousands of people are now suffering for days on end,says the opposition energy spokesman.
Ten wind,solar and energy storage projects to drive the state’s switch from coal power and cut electricity costs have been waiting for months and years for planning permission.
Gas bills for small businesses in Victoria escalated by 31 per cent in the year to October,as electricity costs also rose.