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Why energy utilities are desperate to slug households with higher fixed charges
Energy utilities have admitted that they built too much infrastructure based on wrong demand forecasts. But they don’t want to pick up the bill, they want consumers to pay. And their biggest target is solar households.
Giles Parkinson

Dec 16, 2015

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Networks concede one-third of consumers could still quit the grid
Updated future grid report from CSIRO and ENA predicts huge 10-year fall in solar and battery costs, and says they’re already around 20% cheaper than predicted in 2013. Projections on grid defection remain unchanged.
Sophie Vorrath

Dec 3, 2015

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As Paris talks, Australia’s energy emissions are going in the wrong direction
Australia’s energy emissions are changing at about the rate required, but going away from the target, not towards it.
Hugh Saddler

Dec 2, 2015

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Consumer sting in the tail of TransGrid sale
The “bonanza” obtained for the sale of electricity transmission network TransGrid will come back to haunt NSW consumers for decades to come.
Mark Byrne

Nov 26, 2015

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German power exports more valuable than imports
Germany’s ISE dispels the myth that Germany is dumping excess renewable electricity on neighboring countries at low prices.
Craig Morris

Nov 17, 2015

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Winds of – not so much – change
As the cheapest of the current grid connected renewable generation sources, wind attracts more than its share of commentary.
Mike Sandiford

Nov 3, 2015

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Grid neutrality: principles for tomorrow’s electricity sector
The electricity sector faces the most dramatic transformation in its history.
Greentech Media

Oct 12, 2015

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Queensland’s stealth electricity tax just keeps on giving
Queensland has reported a $1.2bn dividend from state-owned electricity distributors Energex and Ergon. Is this tax by stealth?
Rob Campbell

Oct 5, 2015

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Commentary

Solar shines as coal economics wane in India
India continues to gain momentum towards a more diversified, domestic oriented electricity grid better oriented towards supporting sustainable growth.
Tim Buckley

Sep 18, 2015

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UBS predicts coal’s share of US electricity halving by 2030
UBS report suggests coal generation’s share of US electricity markets will drop to 18 percent by 2030.
Tom Sanzillo

Sep 18, 2015

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Courier Mail hails high fixed network charges, to stop rich subsiding poor
Op-ed in Murdoch-owned Brisbane newspaper argues fixed network electricity fees “fairest system” for billing households. Not by a long shot.
Giles Parkinson

Sep 14, 2015

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Ivanpah solar tower plant generation is on track
Ivanpah has almost doubled its output in the first 6 months of 2015, to 309,288 MWh, compared to the same 6-month period in its first year.
Susan Kraemer

Sep 8, 2015

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