Keeping the lights on at Eraring could cost taxpayers $150 million a year

Keeping the lights on at Eraring could cost taxpayers $150 million a year

The Minns government has so far not disclosed the terms of its negotiations with Origin Energy ahead of a likely extension beyond 2025.

  • byMichael McGowan

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The energy sector is having its Uber moment

The energy sector is having its Uber moment

Octopus Energy wants to give the global electricity market its Uber moment as renewable energy erodes the traditional relationships between power companies,their customers and the grid.

  • byColin Kruger
Minns announces $275 million in clean energy grants

Minns announces $275 million in clean energy grants

The Minns government will offer funding for small and medium-sized businesses to pilot new clean energy technology.

  • byMichael McGowan
Origin fires up capacity in response to Victorian power outage

Origin fires up capacity in response to Victorian power outage

The energy giant is running its only power station in Victoria at full capacity to help stabilise the grid following Tuesday’s huge storm.

  • bySimon Johanson
Spot prices point to mid-year energy relief for households

Spot prices point to mid-year energy relief for households

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.

  • bySimon Johanson
Bosses raise the pressure as work-from-home tension reaches ‘pivotal point’

Bosses raise the pressure as work-from-home tension reaches ‘pivotal point’

While some companies have tied office attendance to pay in a bid to get employees back in the office,it could come with unintended consequences.

  • byMillie Muroi andDavid Swan
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Victorians on life support put at risk by Origin reporting breaches:regulator

Victorians on life support put at risk by Origin reporting breaches:regulator

The power giant also wrongfully disconnected 98 gas customers without following proper processes,including people in financial hardship.

  • byRachel Eddie
Origin shareholders billed $77.7m for failed deal

Origin shareholders billed $77.7m for failed deal

Advisers from law firms to investment banks are the biggest winners after Origin shareholders rejected a multi-billion-dollar takeover offer from Brookfield and EIG Partners.

  • byAnne Hyland
Origin board rejects consortium’s Plan B takeover plan

Origin board rejects consortium’s Plan B takeover plan

Origin Energy’s board has dismissed a revised takeover proposal by suitors Brookfield and EIG as incomplete,complex and highly conditional.

  • bySimon Johanson
ASX falls as energy stocks decline;Origin vote delayed

ASX falls as energy stocks decline;Origin vote delayed

The Australian sharemarket closed lower on Thursday as a slump in the oil price weighed on energy stocks.

  • byJessica Yun andDamian Troise
Late-night drama extends $20 billion Origin Energy takeover battle

Late-night drama extends $20 billion Origin Energy takeover battle

Energy giant Origin has delayed the shareholder vote on North American suitors Brookfield and EIG’s $20 billion takeover bid after getting a revised late-night offer.

  • bySimon Johanson