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Podcasts

SwitchedOn Podcast: How retailers are standing in the way of cheaper power
Tim Ryan argues Australia is trying to build a 21st-century, consumer-led electricity system while preserving retailers as compulsory ‘middlemen.’ But retailers are businesses that have little incentive to help households use less electricity or pay less for it.
Anne Delaney

Sep 7, 2026

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Renewables

Twiggy Forrest’s Squadron Energy seeks retail licence to sell renewable electricity to select businesses
Andrew Forrest’s Squadron Energy seeks a licence to retail electricity to business and industry in Victoria and other states on the National Electricity Market.
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 19, 2026

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Renewables

Australian software allows Italian homes to get free power from solar panels in Spain. Why not here?
Innovative energy trading using Australian software is “going gangbusters” in Europe – and making our newly launched Solar Sharer Offer look like a blunt instrument.
Sophie Vorrath

Jul 3, 2026

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Policy & Planning

“I would like to see a change in behaviour:” Rule maker wants retailers to act before it has to intervene
The AEMC is about to require more of retailers, but one commissioner says if they’d acted first it need not have come to this.
Rachel Williamson

Jun 11, 2026

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Utilities

Energy retailer dumps gas licence to “focus exclusively” on solar, batteries and VPPs
Energy retailer says gas services “no longer align” with its vision, as it pivots to focus entirely on virtual power plant technology and renewable solutions.
Rachel Williamson

Mar 11, 2026

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Small retailers issue plea for help as fossil fuel price surge claims another victim
Smaller electricity retailers issue joint plea to market regulators to stop “chain reaction” of failures as yet another energy retailer calls in administrators.
Michael Mazengarb

Jul 4, 2022

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Smart Energy

AGL cans bid for Vocus Group, but still on lookout for telco purchases
AGL withdraws $3 billion bid for Vocus Group, citing uncertainty over the value of the deal, but will continue to seek opportunities to integrate data and energy services.
Michael Mazengarb

Jun 17, 2019

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Turnbull “eyeballs” energy bosses, kids himself on solution
Big energy retailers didn’t so much blink, as wink in face of Turnbull’s “eyeballing” episode. Here’s why they will be high fiving each other in the Qantas lounge at Canberra airport.
Giles Parkinson & Sophie Vorrath

Aug 9, 2017

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Storage

Networks say battery storage ring-fencing proposals “ludicrous”
Fight looms between retailers and networks over right to install solar and battery storage in homes, businesses. Spark Infrastructure says proposed rules “ludicrous”.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 22, 2016

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Markets

Australia’s big energy retailers are fattening their consumer margins
Electricity retailers make their biggest margins in South Australia, the state at the centre of controversy over energy prices. And retail margins in many states have jumped 50 per cent.
Bruce Mountain

Jul 19, 2016

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Momentum fined for misleading consumers on renewable electricity
Hydro Tasmania-owned electricity retailer pays $54,000 in ACCC fines for misleading consumers about the source – and colour – of its electricity.
Sophie Vorrath

Apr 21, 2016

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GO Energy again halts trade pending ‘financing update’
Another hurdle for GO Energy, as trade suspended for second time in a month – and just days after an investor update.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 14, 2016

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