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Policy & Planning

Solar, wind and batteries push down electricity bills for homes and business, despite global fuel crisis
Electricity costs will fall for homes and businesses across Australia’s main grid, as wind, solar and battery storage push down wholesale electricity prices and insulate the local market from global volatility.
Sophie Vorrath

May 26, 2026

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Policy & Planning

Households lock in small discount on electricity as network costs eat into solar savings
Regulators say electricity price cuts being delivered by cheap renewables – mostly consumer owned rooftop solar – are being diminished by network and other costs.
Sophie Vorrath

May 23, 2024

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Policy & Planning

Consumers to get “marginal” bill relief despite rooftop PV driving big falls in wholesale power prices
As renewables drive down wholesale electricity prices, questions are raised over why consumers will get only marginal bill relief in the coming year.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 19, 2024

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Markets

Regulator confirms another coal and gas fuelled power price hike. But why?
Regulator flags power price hikes across the main grid, but experts question why prices are still being determined by frameworks first designed decades ago.
Sophie Vorrath

May 25, 2023

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Households slugged as Australia’s coal addiction sends electricity prices soaring
Electricity prices in some parts of Australia will increase by as much as 14.1 per cent, as surging coal and gas costs push prices higher.
Michael Mazengarb

May 26, 2022

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Renewables

Wind and solar help slash electricity default market offers for 2021-22
Record-breaking investment in large-scale solar and wind energy generation has helped to slash electricity prices for standing offer customers in NSW, Queensland and SA.
Sophie Vorrath

Apr 27, 2021

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Government extends price controls to households with rooftop solar
The federal government expands the ‘default market offer’ to all households with rooftop solar.
Michael Mazengarb

Feb 14, 2020

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Markets

Regulator’s ruling on default market offers might not lower prices
Some customers may see some bill reductions, but the Australian Energy Regulator’s decision on DMOs is unlikely to take the political heat out of electricity prices.
Bruce Mountain

Apr 30, 2019

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