Q2 2019 Electricity Prices: Wholesale electricity and gas prices are up 8 percent over the same quarter last year despite a large increase in solar …
Q2 Electricity prices: Wholesale energy up 8% over 2018
AGL to keep Liddell power plant open until 2023
AGL Energy has announced that it will keep its ageing Liddell power plant in the Hunter Valley open until 2023 after intense lobbying by the …
Negawatts: Selling negative electricity consumption into the wholesale market
An exciting proposal has been put forward by the Australian Energy Market Commission to allow businesses to sell their curtailed energy demand – negawatts – …
Electricity prices in Australia in 2019: Where are we at?
A few years ago, Leading Edge Energy drew up an article about how Australians were paying some of the highest electricity prices in the world. …
State governments angry at Canberra’s failure to call COAG energy policy meeting
State governments are forging ahead with their own energy policy measures after the repeated failure by Federal Energy Minister Angus Taylor to convene a COAG …
Energy experts say $70 per megawatt hour wholesale electricity price pledge is a ‘pipe dream’
Experts have branded the government’s promise that the wholesale electricity price will fall to $70 per megawatt hour by 2021 as a “pipe dream” with …
$50 million in energy-saving grants up for grabs in 2020
Up to $50 million in energy-saving grants will become available to assist businesses in improving their energy efficiency practices under the Commonwealth’s Energy Efficient Communities …
June 2019 Energy Market Wrap- Loy Yang A out of action till December
The energy market was experiencing a softening of spot and futures prices in June 2019, but hopes for a maintained run were dashed when AGL …
Energy Market Wrap May 2019: Cold snap brings higher futures prices
Mild and Spring-like weather in early May resulted in plateaued electricity prices which did not shift much through the month, but the recent cold snap …
April 2019 Energy Market Review : Cooler temperatures bring lower prices
April 2019 energy market wrap: It was a mixed bag on the National Energy market last month as cooler temperatures saw wholesale prices drop for …
