AGL Energy has announced that it is bringing forward the closure of its Victorian brown-coal-fired Loy Yang A plant by 10 years to 2035. Built …
AGL brings closure of Loy Yang A forward by 10 years
August 2022 Electricity Market Review
Futures contract prices performed an abrupt u-turn at the start of August, dashing hopes from the previous month that the energy price crisis might be …
What is Unaccounted for Energy (UFE)?
Unaccounted-for Energy is the difference between electricity drawn into a distribution area and what marks up as consumption on end-user meters after technical losses are …
July 2022 Electricity Market Review
After another month of record high electricity prices, the final days of July brought a glimmer of hope that pressures on the energy market may …
June 2022 Electricity Market Review
After months of pressure, Australia’s national electricity market imploded this month. With all NEM regions bar Tasmania breaching their cumulative price thresholds, AEMO instigated an …
WA capacity charges – What are they, and how can they reduce my electricity bill
Western Australia is not connected to the National Energy Market and has its own rules, one of them being WA capacity charges. WA Capacity charges …
25 percent of Australia’s coal electricity generation is offline
Coal continues to be a driving force in Australia’s painful electricity rates spike as prices on the international market continue to rise and 25 per …
Australia’s Energy Crisis explained and what businesses need to do to survive
Australia’s Eastern states are facing the brunt of the country’s energy crisis as gas and electricity bills surge to record highs. The last time Australia …
Electricity retailers telling clients to seek better offers as energy price crisis bites
The energy price crisis is starting to hit smaller electricity retailers who are being forced to turn clients away or refuse their business until they …
May 2022 Electricity Market Review
Australia is feeling the pinch of the global energy crisis with soaring fuel prices sending wholesale electricity prices skyrocketing. We have never seen futures contracts …
