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People off-grid can now apply for £200 Alternative Fuel Payment as portal opens

Most payments were made automatically in February to those using oil, coal, LPG and biomass to heat their homes.

Daily Record

National Grid puts backup coal plants into action for first time this winter

Two units at EDF’s West Burton A plant in Nottinghamshire began producing power on Tuesday

The Guardian - UK

State-owned electricity generation firm ‘could save Britons nearly £21bn a year’

Analysis by thinktank Common Wealth bolsters Labour’s case to launch national energy company

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Monday's hot westerlies set power record for March as temperatures soar

Heat sets electricity consumption record

Newcastle Herald

NSW heatwave drives highest demand for power in three years

Electricity grid ‘held up well’ as state’s residents required 13,136 megawatts on third-hottest March day on record

The Guardian - AU

Hotels and motels fill up with Kentuckians still waiting for power restoration

Hotel and motel operators, particularly in the central portion of Kentucky, have been busier than usual for early March. Extended power outages prompted many Kentucky families to find a room with electricity.

WEKU

Queensland to spend $5b on electricity transmission project

The Queensland government has taken over the planned CopperString 2.0 project to build an 1100km electricity transmission line from Townsville to the northwest.

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Queensland government buys $5 billion CopperString 2.0 to connect north-west to national electricity grid

Promised for years, the 1,100-kilometre overhead transmission line will transmit electricity from the North-West Minerals Province to the grid near Townsville.

ABC News

Qld to spend $5b to link northwest to the national grid

The Queensland government has taken over the planned CopperString 2.0 project to build an 1100km electricity transmission line from Townsville to the northwest.

AAP

Family live by candlelight and switch off computers during energy-saving trial

Ryoko Scott, 53, signed up for the National Grid's Demand Flexibility Service to help reduce the need to turn to coal power

Daily Mirror

NTPC registered nearly 12 percent growth in electricity generation

State-owned power giant NTPC on has logged nearly 12 per cent growth in electricity generation. Read further on Dynamite News

Dynamite News

South African leader grapples with ever-worsening power cuts

South Africa’s ever-worsening power crisis — putting homes and businesses without electricity for up to 10 hours per day — is strangling Africa’s most developed economy

The Independent UK

A stunning new way to view Niagara Falls

NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario, Canada – The grandeur of Niagara Falls keeps tourists seeking new and better views of the natural wonder — and it’s easy to find them. On both the U.S. and Canadian sides of the river, you can gaze from lookouts, boat tours, a bridge, towers with wide…

Tribune News Service

Edinburgh mum threatened with legal action after electricity bill shot up to £2,000

The single mum of four is still paying off debt from Christmas in 2021 and says she receives no support from any of her children's dads leaving her alone to juggle all the bills and feeling extremely stressed.

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Daily Record

SNP’s Ian Blackford claimed debt collection agency bill on expenses over unpaid energy bill

Documents show the debt was racked up over a payment for the electricity bill at the constituency office.

Tribune News Service

More than 200K without power in Michigan after second winter storm in a week

DETROIT — A second winter storm in a week knocked out electricity to more than 200,000 customers of DTE Energy, including ones who lost power in the first storm.

Dublin Live

Save €400 on your electricity by making one appliance change

One of the "biggest" and "most unknown" energy saving tips would be to check how long you've had an appliance

The Canberra Times

'We don't fit all the rules': Businesses look for electrification pathway

The ACT government has taken the next step in its plan to switch off gas, calling for feedback on proposed legislation to ban new gas connections.

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Wales Online

The four support payments available from the government in March 2023

This could be a lifeline for some people at a time when budgets are very stretched

Salon

N.D. to sue Minn. over clean energy

Interstate feuds threaten to make getting regional power grids off fossil fuels even more complicated

The Guardian - UK

‘My new solar panels and batteries should save me £1,600 this year’

More Britons are making their homes greener and cutting bills – here’s how the costs add up

Bristol Post

DWP: Every one-off payment the government is sending out this March

Eligible people are entitled to several grants and benefits this month

Irish Mirror

Save €400 on your electricity by changing one appliance in your house and it's not the tumble dryer

One of the "biggest" and "most unknown" energy saving tips would be to check how long you've had an appliance

Chronicle Live

'Children bathing in streams': The harsh reality facing 350 Northumberland families living off-grid

Community Action Northumberland has been raising awareness of the number of properties in the county that aren't connected to the grid

Daily Mirror

Struggling family ditch rat race to live off-grid in 'Earthship' after mum's dying wish

The Stewarts are selling their family home to start a new 'back to basics' life in a self-sufficient eco-home away from the stresses of corporate jobs

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