Tag: energy prices
What’s a grid, anyway? Making sense of the complex beast that is Australia’s electricity network
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News about the energy crisis engulfing Australia’s east coast seems inescapable. Terms such as “grid”, the “National Electricity Market” and “transmission” are being...
4 reasons our gas and electricity prices are suddenly sky-high
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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...
Grattan on Saturday: Albanese government mugged by gas crisis as it faces challenge of managing expectations
Tony Burke reads a poem aloud every day and has a piano lesson once a week.
The new minister for employment and workplace relations, as...
What has Morrison’s ‘big stick’ to cut power bills achieved? Nothing, as far we can tell
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The Morrison government has spent years bringing in a law supposed to ensure electricity retailers pass on lower prices to customers. Yet...
Higher energy prices are here to stay – here’s what we can do about it
Australia’s energy prices have doubled since 2015.
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The good news is that after two years of big rises, wholesale...