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Do we really need a rooftop solar button – and are households treated fairly with PV, batteries and EVs?

Do we really need a rooftop solar button – and are households treated fairly with PV, batteries and EVs?

New study will gather real life data on how rooftop solar and other consumer energy assets are being integrated into the grid – what’s working and what isn’t.
Trial that calmed network fears about impact of rooftop PV expanded to bring in big retailers

Trial that calmed network fears about impact of rooftop PV expanded to bring in big retailers

An award-winning dynamic network pricing trial that started with around 200 participants will expand to 1,000 households via three new virtual power plant partners.
Cost of CopperString transmission line blows out by 20 per cent

Cost of CopperString transmission line blows out by 20 per cent

Queensland government has flagged a more than 20 per cent rise in costs for the $5 billion CopperString – one of Australia’s biggest energy grid expansions.
Networks make pitch to soak up solar, share PV, plug in more EVs and lower cost of renewable shift

Networks make pitch to soak up solar, share PV, plug in more EVs and lower cost of renewable shift

Distributed networks call for regulatory and tariff changes to allow them to plug in more EVs, share solar and play bigger role in renewable transition.
A tale of two energy bills: Is the market really that broken?

A tale of two energy bills: Is the market really that broken?

Who’s at fault for high energy bills? The customer, the utility or the system?
Utility giant says paying to extend life of “fragile” coal plants has a limit, but digs in on gas

Utility giant says paying to extend life of “fragile” coal plants has a limit, but digs in on gas

Head of major energy utility says the only way to kick out coal is to lock in gas as back-up to renewables “for the foreseeable future.”
AGL buys into home solar, battery and EV management platform

AGL buys into home solar, battery and EV management platform

AGL takes stake in global energy software business with a management system designed to combine solar, batteries and EVs and deal with an energy “future you can’t predict.”
“They will be stranded:” Energy chief lets fly at proposed grid access scheme for wind and solar

“They will be stranded:” Energy chief lets fly at proposed grid access scheme for wind and solar

One of Australia’s most senior energy executives says proposed “priority access” regime put forward by the industry’s rule makers will hurt both developers and consumers.
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