Since our last wholesale electricity rates update on July 5, prices have gone up in New South Wales and Victoria by 4.3% and 2.5% respectively. …
Electricity rates update: July 2017
Australian energy retailers’ profit margins to be revealed
You will soon find out whether you are being overcharged for electricity when the Australian consumer watchdog reveals the profit margins of energy retailers. The …
Solar installations set to double in two years – AEMC
The Australian Energy Market Commission’s Competition Review has found that 61% of consumers say they are getting value for money from energy retailers despite the …
Australians want businesses to adopt renewable energy
Big businesses are seemingly out of touch with their clients, with many Australians saying they would reward them if they made the switch to renewable …
Watchdog to investigate Queensland energy producers
State-owned power companies in Queensland are being investigated for price gouging and strategic bidding by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC). The ACCC said …
Energy chiefs renew call for Clean Energy Target
Australia’s energy production company chiefs have made a renewed call for the introduction of a Clean Energy Target as proposed in the Finkel Review. Speaking …
Coal has lost the energy war – Australian Greens
Australian Greens leader Richard Di Natale has said that coal has lost the energy war and questioned why its backers are still trying to fight …
Sparks fly in Brisbane as State and Federal Energy Ministers debate findings of Finkel Report
Things are hotting up in Brisbane as Federal and State Energy Ministers meet at the COAG Energy Council to try and hammer out an agreement …
Renewable energy will be cheapest form of new energy generation by 2020 – Morgan Stanley
Influential bank Morgan Stanley is backing renewable energy to be the cheapest form of new electricity generation by 2020. In a research paper, the bank said …
Tesla to build giga battery storage plant in South Australia
Tesla is partnering with Neoen to build the world’s largest lithium-ion battery storage plant in South Australia and if it’s not completed within 100 days, …
