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Policy & Planning

Households to pay full cost for new gas connections as rules change to contain network death spiral
Households will have to pay up front and in full for new gas connection, thanks to new rule to protect consumers from the impending network death spiral.
Sophie Vorrath

Dec 11, 2025

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Policy & Planning

Energy market rule maker wants to kill “loyalty tax” on consumers – and to hike fixed network charges
Australian Energy Market Commission makes a series of welcome energy pricing reform recommendations, and one that is bound to spark plenty of push-back.
Sophie Vorrath

Dec 11, 2025

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Policy & Planning

Memo to LNP: AEMC says slowing renewables, sweating coal, a recipe for 20 pct power price hike
More renewables will bring prices down, a slower transition will send them up, the AEMC says in a blunt reminder for those still keen on sweating coal and going harder on gas.
Rachel Williamson

Dec 4, 2025

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Policy & Planning

Regulator shoots down battery hopes of grid inertia market, citing high costs, low benefits
The AEMC has finally rejected a 2021 proposal for a competitive inertia market saying networks are already providing enough.
Rachel Williamson

Oct 9, 2025

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Electrification

Households to pay full cost for their own new gas connections under proposed new rule
The AEMC’s new draft rule will see east coast households be charged up front for new gas connections.
Rachel Williamson

Sep 26, 2025

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Policy & Planning

Consumers to see energy use in real time under new rules that also make it easier to switch utilities
New rule to require all new smart meters to be able to give households real-time energy data, while another new rule promises to make it easier to switch utilities.
Rachel Williamson

Sep 11, 2025

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Markets

Regulator outlines fears of AIs and battery trading collusion, but home batteries could save the day
A just-published paper from AEMC reveals its concerns about potential AI collusion in battery trading, but says home batteries could offset some of the impacts.
Rachel Williamson

Sep 9, 2025

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$Demand response is saving money, but is still a tiny fraction of the 1GW market it could and should be$

Markets

Demand response is saving money, but is still a tiny fraction of the 1GW market it could and should be
The demand response mechanism is cutting electricity costs on the rare occasions it is deployed, but it is still being allowed to offer only a fraction of its potential.
Rachel Williamson

Jul 10, 2025

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Electrification

“Not fair” to force consumers to pay for gas death spiral, says advocate
Pressure is building on the AEMC to reign in accelerated depreciation requests by gas networks to cover the cost of future stranded assets.
Rachel Williamson

Jul 3, 2025

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Commentary

Gold-plating is out, network resilience is in – and it’s urgently required
Building climate resilience and strengthening the electricity distribution network are now inseparable priorities that recent extreme weather events have brought sharply into focus.
Yogendra Vashishtha

Jul 2, 2025

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Policy & Planning

Major reforms ease grid access for big wind, solar and batteries, and lay down rules for big data centres
Grid access reforms are the most significant since 2018, and finally recognise the different needs of wind, solar and battery projects and the arrival of big data loads.
Rachel Williamson

May 22, 2025

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Policy & Planning

New rule to encourage networks to make poles and wires resistant to storms and climate risk
A new AEMC rule explicitly factors potential climate change risks into network resilience, allowing DNSPs to spend on preventing major blackouts.
Rachel Williamson

May 8, 2025

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Households to pay full cost for new gas connections as rules change to contain network death spiral

Energy market rule maker wants to kill “loyalty tax” on consumers – and to hike fixed network charges

Memo to LNP: AEMC says slowing renewables, sweating coal, a recipe for 20 pct power price hike

Regulator shoots down battery hopes of grid inertia market, citing high costs, low benefits

Households to pay full cost for their own new gas connections under proposed new rule

Consumers to see energy use in real time under new rules that also make it easier to switch utilities

Regulator outlines fears of AIs and battery trading collusion, but home batteries could save the day

Demand response is saving money, but is still a tiny fraction of the 1GW market it could and should be

“Not fair” to force consumers to pay for gas death spiral, says advocate

Gold-plating is out, network resilience is in – and it’s urgently required

Major reforms ease grid access for big wind, solar and batteries, and lay down rules for big data centres

New rule to encourage networks to make poles and wires resistant to storms and climate risk

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