Tag: Electricity Energy and Utilities
Public urged to do energy retailer homework
Householders in regional Victoria are being warned to shop around before choosing an energy retailer.[MORE]
Walgett Shire homes without power since Friday
About 50 homes in the Walgett Shire have been without power since Friday night.[MORE]
NSW energy groups allowed to hike prices
The Australian Energy Regulator has given preliminary approval for the three electricity retailers in New South Wales to increase their prices.[MORE]
ACT power bills to rise by $100 a year
Electricity prices in the ACT are set to rise after the Australian Energy Regulator (AER) indicated it will allow ActewAGL to significantly increase its investment in capital works.[MORE]
Power price rise approved
Tasmanian electricity prices could rise after Australia's Energy Regulator approved higher transmission fees.[MORE]
Vatican unveils ambitious solar energy plans
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The Vatican has activated a solar energy system in an ambitious plan that could one day make it an alternative energy exporter.[MORE]
Collinsville loses power during storm damage fix
Ergon Energy is warning residents of Collinsville in north Queensland they will lose power for four hours today as storm damage to the network is repaired.[MORE]
Permit granted for geothermal wells exploration
An exploration company will spend about $18 million over the next five years trying to find geothermal water wells in western Victoria.[MORE]
Report reveals utilities bill struggle
Billing issues make up almost a third of all complaints about Country Energy in the latest report from the Energy and Water Ombudsman.[MORE]
Govt funds to help expand energy project
Macquarie Generation says Government funding will help double the amount of energy produced at its Liddell power station solar thermal plant in the Upper Hunter.[MORE]
NSW utility cut-offs rise by 32 pc
A new report has found many NSW residents are struggling to pay for their utilities.[MORE]
Mackay homes in the dark
Seven-thousand homes in and around Mackay lost power last night, after a number of separate incidents.[MORE]
Greens deny plans to scuttle data centre
The ACT Greens say they have no plans to scuttle the proposed Tuggeranong data centre because it will run on fossil fuels.[MORE]
$10m power station approved in Lake Cargelligo
The Lachlan council has approved plans for a $10 million power station at Lake Cargelligo.[MORE]
3,000 Mackay homes without power
About 3,000 homes and businesses are still without power in and around the north Queensland of Mackay.[MORE]
Power and Water safety training improved, court hears
The Darwin Magistrates Court has heard the Power and Water Corporation has improved its work safety training for employees, since a man was electrocuted via a palm tree on powerlines.[MORE]
Warning to Lithgow power workers about privatisation
The New South Wales Greens are warning power station workers in Lithgow that the State Government has not dropped its plan to privatise electricity.[MORE]
Pay those who produce solar power: report
The Clean Energy Council is calling for a national scheme that would see people paid for generating solar energy.[MORE]
Union concerned about safety at NT substations
The Northern Territory branch of the Electrical Trades Union says it has safety concerns about 16 Power and Water substations.[MORE]
Three hurt in chopper crash
Three men have been injured when a helicopter crashed into powerlines in SA.[MORE]
Global emissions scheme crucial to competitive gas production: industry
Australia's petroleum industry is warning gas electricity production could be disadvantaged if a global agreement on carbon emissions reduction cannot be reached.[MORE]
'Nothing can be done' to save BP Solar jobs
The Federal Government says it can do nothing to save the jobs of 200 people at the BP Solar plant in Sydney because the company does not want any help.[MORE]
Qld Opposition attacks rising power prices
The Queensland Opposition says the State Government has no excuse for rising power prices.[MORE]
Work starts on 'world first' clean coal project
Construction has begun in central Queensland on what the state and federal governments say is a world first clean coal project.[MORE]
Work begins on Queensland clean coal plant
Work is starting in central Queensland on Australia's first pilot plant using clean coal technology.[MORE]
