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Industry slams grid transmission proposals

Regulators’ plans for new controls on how power is transmitted to homes and businesses have been rejected by the industry as out of date and poorly explained.

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Eastern Australia’s power crisis eases with enough electricity to meet weekend demand

Australian Energy Market Operator says situation has improved ‘markedly’ since Wednesday when entire market was suspended

The Guardian - AU

Hesta members pledge to ditch super fund over fossil fuel investments

Industry superannuation fund defends approach, saying engaging with companies changes their behaviour, as members urge it to ‘stop investing in climate catastrophe’

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Australia's new climate promise meets mining reality

Sydney (AFP) - Flood, fire and drought-battered Australia is trying to clean up its act on climate change, but dependence on fossil fuel riches could stymie the national makeover.

AFP

Mike Cannon-Brookes is going to fix our homegrown energy crisis

Tech billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes is pursuing 'the biggest decarbonisation project in the world' amid calls for a quicker fix for the energy crisis.

AAP

As the temperature cools, the heat is on Chris Bowen

Gas shortages, reported delays to major projects and coal-fired power woes are among the gifts handed to the new energy minister

The Guardian - AU

AGL, Australia's largest provider, reveals its coal-fired power generator outages will continue

There is no relief in sight from Australia's energy crisis with almost one-quarter of coal-fired capacity offline, and the nation's largest producer revealing several of its units will be out for some time.

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Energy market turmoil: Snowy Hydro delayed until 2028 while coal plants run at half capacity

Cold snap and gas shortages spike electricity prices amid multiple outages at coal-fired power stations

The Guardian - AU

Coal unit will be out for longer: AGL

As the energy debate continues to generate political heat, AGL says one of its units at Victoria's Loy Yang plant will remain offline until late September.

AAP

Coal plant will be out for longer: AGL

As the energy debate continues to generate political heat, AGL says one of its units at Victoria’s Loy Yang plant will remain offline until late September.

Crikey

Can anything be done about the ‘perfect storm’ in Australia’s energy markets?

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, squeezed gas retailers and a cold snap are combining to put pressure on the grid

The Guardian - AU

Alan Kohler: We all lose when monopolists prosper

The role of government is to correct the tendency towards monopoly and inequality through regulation, but they have been falling down on the job.

The New Daily

Energy retailer tells more than 70,000 customers to go elsewhere or face doubling of prices

ReAmped Energy chief executive says he would rather people were ‘getting better deals’ amid soaring wholesale prices

The Guardian - AU

Estranged from big business? Yeah nah. Dutton starts out with a ridiculous spin

The new opposition leader is having himself — and us — on. The Liberals are right in the pockets of big business. It’s investors they don’t like.

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The Loop: Labor to form majority government, WHO speaks on monkeypox, and Mona Lisa vandalised

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‘Bloodbath’: Scrapped AGL demerger clears way for faster coal closures

Australia’s largest energy retailer AGL sparked a “bloodbath” on Monday after plans to demerge the company to tackle climate change were suddenly scrapped.

ABC News

AGL's biggest shareholder, Mike Cannon-Brookes, leaves open possibility of another takeover bid

AGL's biggest shareholder, billionaire businessman Mike Cannon-Brookes, is not ruling out another takeover bid for the energy giant but says he is focused on rebuilding the company for renewable generation.

The Guardian - AU

AGL’s coal implosion shows what a disorderly transition to clean energy looks like

What happens from here is unclear, but the company’s turmoil can’t be divorced from the Coalition’s policy failures

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Australia's biggest carbon emitter buckles before Mike Cannon-Brookes – so what now for AGL's other shareholders?

Billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes has won a major battle against Australia’s biggest energy company, AGL Energy, thwarting its plan to split up the company’s coal-heavy generation and power distribution assets.

ABC News

The Loop: Coalition decides new leaders, car stolen with baby inside, AGL abandons demerger plans

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Newcastle Herald

What AGL's corporate shake-up means for Hunter power stations

AGL employees and their communities must be among the top priorities in any restructure or revised time frame for the closure of coal-fired generators, Hunter business and employment advocates argue.

Crikey

Deadly Cannon-Brookes fire: AGL demerger killed, board wrecked as new politics takes hold

The defeat of AGL’s demerger proposal and the clean-out of its board are big wins for opponents of a slower decarbonisation path for the company.

Newcastle Herald

AGL drops plans to split company in two after strong opposition from Mike Cannon-Brookes

AGL Energy is abandoning plans to split into two separate entities after opposition from billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes.

AAP

AGL cans split plan, leadership to quit

AGL's leadership team will quit after billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes succeeded in foiling the energy giant's planned demerger.

The Guardian - AU

AGL dumps demerger plan, yielding to Mike Cannon-Brookes

Company’s chairman and chief executive to resign, along with two other board members

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