Electricity News in Australia
| 1/10/2025 - The Essential Services Commission has released its draft decision on the minimum amount electricity retailers must pay solar customers for the electricity they export into the grid. This is known as a... |
| 1/10/2025 - Genus has been awarded a contract for Western Power’s Clean Energy Link – North Region project Contract value of approximately $270 million Work will commence in January 2025 with scheduled ... |
| 1/9/2025 - Western Power is investing $2 million to enhance network resilience and maintain network safety in West Coolup. Executive Manager of Asset Operations Zane Christmas said significant network... |
| 1/8/2025 - Transgrid is committed to delivering transmission infrastructure identified as critical by the Commonwealth and NSW governments to deliver their shared vision for a clean energy future. Ene... |
| 12/20/2024 - Marinus Link Pty Ltd (MLPL) has submitted its latest Revenue Proposal to the Australian Energy Regulator (AER), which relates to the costs of constructing the Marinus Link project, while updated model... |
| 12/18/2024 - Hydro Tasmania has contracted Tasmanian civil construction company Hall Earthmoving to upgrade the Edgar Dam, with works to commence in late January next year. Hydro Tasmania’s Executive G... |
| 12/17/2024 - After extensive consultation, the Australian Energy Regulator (AER) has released a draft decision to reject the application from APA Group to convert its services from a market network service to a pr... |
| 12/11/2024 - GoodWe is pleased to announce the arrival of the ET G2 Series in Australia and New Zealand, a 6-15kW three-phase high-voltage hybrid inverter tailored to meet the evolving energy needs of modern house... |
| 12/4/2024 - Highlights - Binding agreements have been executed in relation to Townsville Power Station (“TPS”) dispatch rights and North Queensland Gas Pipeline (“NQGP”) gas transport and storage services.<... |
| 11/29/2024 - Landis+Gyr a leading global provider of integrated energy management solutions and Sense, a leader in embedded intelligence that transforms the relationship between people, homes and the grid, have an... |
| 11/29/2024 - The Australian Government has passed the Future Made in Australia (Guarantee of Origin) Bill through Parliament. The Guarantee of Origin (GO) scheme is a voluntary program for industry. It ... |
| 11/28/2024 - The Essential Services Commission today released a request for comment paper (PDF), seeking input from industry, community groups, consumers and other interested parties on its approach to setting Vic... |
| 11/28/2024 - The Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) today released its analysis of residential electricity prices over the next decade, showing how Australian households could significantly reduce their to... |
| 11/28/2024 - The Albanese Government has pressed go on the Future Made in Australia (Guarantee of Origin) Bill 2024 and its two supporting bills. Passed today, the bills establish the voluntary Guarante... |
| 11/26/2024 - The Albanese Government has commenced a review into how Australia’s largest electricity grid and market will operate in the coming decades, to keep costs low for households and business while better m... |
| 11/15/2024 - Transgrid has welcomed the NSW Government’s planning approval for the nation-critical transmission project HumeLink. CEO Brett Redman said “We welcome the determination by the NSW Minister ... |
| 11/14/2024 - HumeLink transmission project has been approved by the Minns Labor Government, making it one of the largest transmission projects to be approved in the state’s history. The approval means it can now p... |
| 11/14/2024 - On 14 November 2024, the Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) made a more preferable final rule that exempts connection points for batteries, pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) and other forms o... |
| 11/1/2024 - The Snowy 2.0 pumped-hydro megaproject has marked a significant milestone, with one of three tunnel boring machines (TBM), Lady Eileen Hudson, now two-thirds of the way through its second tunnel excav... |
Planning for permanent towers begins now that primary supply is secured for NSW Far West Communities
| 11/1/2024 - Transgrid has commenced planning for the construction of the permanent high-voltage transmission towers for Broken Hill and NSW Far West communities, following restoration overnight of the primary pow... |
