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The national electricity market is a failed 1990s experiment. It’s time the grid returned to public hands

Image: Dean Lewins/AAP A crisis, as the saying has it, combines danger and opportunity. The dangers of the current electricity crisis are obvious. The opportunity it presents...

4 reasons our gas and electricity prices are suddenly sky-high

Image: Shutterstock Gas users and the incoming government are describing Australia’s sudden east coast energy crisis as “apocalyptic” and “a perfect storm”. There is no doubt...

3 ways the Albanese government can turn Australia into a renewable energy superpower – without leaving anyone behind

Image: Shutterstock Australians will bear yet another blow to our cost of living in July when electricity prices will surge up to 18.3%, which amounts to over A$250...

What has Morrison’s ‘big stick’ to cut power bills achieved? Nothing, as far we can tell

Image: Mick Tsikas/AAP The Morrison government has spent years bringing in a law supposed to ensure electricity retailers pass on lower prices to customers. Yet...

Paying Australia’s coal-fired power stations to stay open longer is bad for consumers and the planet

  Picture: Shuttlestock Australian governments are busy designing the nation’s transition to a clean energy future. Unfortunately, in a misguided effort to ensure electricity supplies...

Energy giants want to thwart reforms that would help renewables and lower power bills

Image: Darren England/AAP Australia’s energy market is outdated. It doesn’t encourage competition and that’s holding back the transition to renewable energy. Important reforms to modernise the market...

The government can restrain electricity prices without threatening to break up power companies. Its adviser says so

Victoria’s Loy Yang brown coal power station at night. Breaking up generation companies might do little to bring prices down.  Shutterstock Who wouldn’t want cheaper...

You’re paying too much for electricity, but here’s what the states can do about it

Politician’s energy priorities do not necessarily align with those of ordinary Australians. DAN HIMBRECHTS/AAP State-owned power networks have spent up to A$20 billion more...

Australian household electricity prices may be 25% higher than official reports

Power price pain is worse than we thought.  AAP Image/Paul Miller The International Energy Agency (IEA) may be underestimating Australian household energy bills by 25% because...
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