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- Water firms sent bailiffs to tens of thousands of homes for debts under £1,000 Fri, 6 Mar 26, 5:00pmMost recorded visits are for smaller debts, data from England and Wales suggests, though method of recovery is a postcode lottery
- WA's largest dairy takes power into its own hands with solar investment Thu, 5 Mar 26, 9:09amFacing rising electricity costs and repeated outages, WA's biggest dairy farm is investing $650,000 in a hybrid solar and battery system to keep irrigation running and milk flowing as the number of dairy farms in the state...
- ScottishPower refuses to believe that my father has died Mon, 2 Mar 26, 6:00pmFor months it has been adding to my mother’s distress when all she wanted was feed-in tariff payments go into her account
- France’s Engie strikes deal to buy UK Power Networks for £10.5bn Thu, 26 Feb 26, 8:43amFrench utility to acquire owner of electricity cables and power lines across London, south-east and east of England
- As solar booms, an Australian technology is rolled out around the world Thu, 19 Feb 26, 5:00amAt the interface of AI, big data, the energy transition and mind-bogglingly complex weather systems, the ongoing supply of electricity relies on answering a deceptively simple question: Will it be sunny?
- How a single cloud can make fortunes in Australia's electricity market Thu, 19 Feb 26, 5:00amAt the interface of AI, big data, the energy transition and mind-bogglingly complex weather systems, the ongoing supply of electricity relies on answering a deceptively simple question: Will it be sunny?
- Daytime power prices have never been lower. So why are bills rising? Sun, 8 Feb 26, 5:37amThe benefits of extremely low energy prices during the day are "washed away" by extremely high ones after dark. But there is light at the end of the tunnel.
- Daytime power prices in Australia have never been lower. So why are bills rising? Sun, 8 Feb 26, 5:37amThe benefits of extremely low energy prices during the day are "washed away" by extremely high ones after dark. But there is light at the end of the tunnel.
- Households 'paid to switch off' as extreme weather stalks power grid Fri, 16 Jan 26, 5:49amIn a move labelled a sign of the times, energy firm AGL was last week offering customers money to cut use during a heatwave.
- Drop in energy price cap from April forecast to save typical home £138 a year Thu, 1 Jan 26, 12:37amPredicted 8% cut to upper limit for Great Britain could reduce bills to lowest level in 15 months
- Government boosts home battery spend by $5 billion Sat, 13 Dec 25, 5:36amFederal Energy Minister Chris Bowen announces big changes to the government's battery subsidy scheme amid claims most of its $2.3 billion budget has been spent in just six months.
- Democrats Are Behind Your Crippling Electricity Bills, Report Confirms Sat, 13 Dec 25, 9:00amThe new report, first provided to the Daily Caller News Foundation, found that blue states generally have higher electricity costs than red states. Titled “Blue States, High Rates. Electricity Prices: Elections Have Consequences,”...
- $2.3b drained in six months: Battery scheme facing 'urgent' overhaul Sat, 13 Dec 25, 5:36amAnnounced to great fanfare in the run-up to the election, Labor's $2.3 billion battery scheme was supposed to last until 2030. Much of the money is already gone.
- Energy blueprint shake-up as 'market moves faster than the systems plan' Wed, 10 Dec 25, 5:58amSoaring costs and trenchant criticism from some put the brakes on wind and transmission as the sun shines on big solar and batteries.
- Market operator switches to big solar, batteries as wind farms are becalmed Wed, 10 Dec 25, 5:58amSoaring costs and trenchant criticism from some put the brakes on wind and transmission as the sun shines on big solar and batteries.