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Solar

How Australia’s rooftop solar boom can be good news for the grid
Rooftop solar has unveiled voltage issues in the grid, but is not necessarily the cause. A new study shows how it can help address these voltage issues.
Sophie Vorrath

Dec 4, 2019

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Renewables

Coalition gives $1bn to CEFC for 24/7 reliable renewable power
Federal Coalition makes first capital injection into CEFC, to underwrite investment in supporting a renewables grid. Greens suspect a Trojan Horse for coal.
Sophie Vorrath

Oct 30, 2019

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Smart Energy

Ausgrid seeks to expand virtual power plant to cut back on network costs
Network operator Ausgrid seeking proposals to expand its virtual power plant, targeting the estimated 5,000 batteries within its network and help defray investment costs.
Michael Mazengarb

May 22, 2019

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Other Good Stuff

Is the Australian Energy Council in a parallel universe on network regulation?
The Australian Energy Council, which represents electricity generators and retailers, seems to be in a state of blissful ignorance on how Australian networks are actually regulated.
Simon Orme

Nov 13, 2018

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Markets

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.
Simon Orme

Nov 2, 2018

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Utilities

Ausgrid looks to community batteries, getting “closer” to consumers
Networks have gone from raising the drawbridge to lowering it, inviting new technologies and ideas on to their platform. Soon they’ll be competing for the consumer.
Giles Parkinson

Oct 10, 2018

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CoAG takes major step forward on renewables, despite NEG standoff
Amid stand-off over the NEG, state and federal ministers took a major step forward on renewables integration by deciding to take action on AEMO’s 20-year blueprint, and got enthusiastic about Alan Finkel’s big ideas for renewable hydrogen.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 13, 2018

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Featured

Lousy power quality? Blame the grid, not rooftop PV
High voltage on local networks is frying appliances, and costing consumers billions of dollars. The media and the networks have sought to blame the issue on rooftop PV, but a new study suggests the networks are to blame.
Giles Parkinson

Apr 27, 2018

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Governments

Biggest winners, and biggest losers, of network monopoly game
For a Queensland household electricity bill with network charges of $1,000, the Queensland government profits from the networks amounts to $470.
Hugh Grant

Apr 26, 2018

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Markets

Consumer bills to jump as networks score court victory over regulator
Australian Energy Regulator loses costly Federal Court battle to control how much NSW network operators can charge for power.
Sophie Vorrath & Giles Parkinson

May 24, 2017

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