The much-publicised announcement confirming the closure of Hazelwood Power Station has fueled extraordinary electricity price rises, particularly in Victoria. Sadly for electricity consumers, further coal-fired …
Electricity Market Wrap (14/11/2016)
Wholesale electricity markets continue to trend up due to supply-side generation challenges and rising coal and natural gas prices. For the month of October, Electricity …
Electricity Rates in Review – September 2016
NSW (Increase) Wholesale futures prices in NSW trended up significantly in the month of September with an average increase of over 10%. This was in …
SA Electricity Outage – What happened?
The statewide power outage in South Australia on the afternoon of 28th September created a media frenzy with vested interests from all sides quick to …
A kingdom of gold
A featherbed too big The performance of electricity networks under stress due to temporary reductions in capacity or peaks in demand is a public issue …