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Excess network profits about to be baked into the National Electricity Law
Proposed changes to National Electricity Law would remove the regulatory benchmark for assessing network returns. If this happens, excess returns may be locked in until at least 2023.
Team No Action has struggled lately to link renewables to high prices or low reliability. But a summer black-out could change that in an instant.
S&P Global Ratings says government intervention to prop up existing coal power, and underwrite the development of new, would be "credit negative" for the energy sector.
Management at a speculative gold mining company would blush at some of the outrageous claims made in the modelling the ESB “leans heavily on” to justify the NEG.
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NEG: Commonwealth paper shows Coalition not budging on emissions
New Commonwealth document shows Coalition has not moved on emissions for National Energy Guarantee, and the use of offsets in such a weak target will mean retailers will not...
Australia's corporate renewable energy power purchase agreement market is taking off. But do gentailers care?
The pipeline of wind and solar shows 3.3GW of wind and 3.4GW of solar PV either commissioning, under construction or certain to proceed. Add to that another 3GW of...
Tesla says unprecedented chaos in South Australia's electricity market on Monday highlights need for quick shift to 5-minute settlement. Coalition predictably blames renewables, while ACCC waves its hands and...
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ACCC wants federal rooftop solar subsidy abolished by 2021
ACCC calls for federal solar subsidy to be scrapped by 2021, in report that documents how consumers have been screwed by networks, generators and retailers. Its response: Kill rooftop...
Last week, in Tasmania, Victoria and South Australia, the share of renewable energy was above 50% for most of the time.