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Surging energy prices are really going to hurt. What can the government actually do?

Picture this. You’re in government for the first time in more than a decade. And within six months, you’re facing a diabolical problem: skyrocketing energy prices. To your constituents, it doesn’t matter that the root cause is a war in Europe. What they’ll see is pain – electricity and gas…

The Conversation

Report criticises coal price cap and says gas the real driver of power prices

"A price cap on coal is a short term political fix, not the solution it is being portrayed as, and it may actually make things worse.

Newcastle Herald

Kazakhstan moves to reel in crypto mining

Almaty (Kazakhstan) (AFP) - Kazakhstan, one of the world's leading locations for cryptocurrency mining, has moved to reel in the power-hungry industry that has often burdened the ageing energy grid of the Central Asian country.

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Leo Varadkar says electricity supply will be 'quite tight' for next two weeks

Concerns have been raised over the possibility of an amber energy alert being issued

Irish Mirror

Big energy users not holding their breath on national cabinet help amid ‘outrageous’ prices

Companies hoping, but not expecting, Albanese government can implement price caps on gas and coal

The Guardian - AU

Capital of Ethiopia's Tigray region reconnected to electric grid

The capital of Ethiopia's Tigray region, Mekelle, has been reconnected to the national power grid following the signing of a ceasefire deal a month ago. The city has been cut off from electricity for more than a year, and most areas outside the city are still cut off from the…

Radio France Internationale

Christmas-mad dad covers home with 30,000 lights - with an eye-watering electricity bill

57-year-old festive father Paul Bibby has been decorating his home for 17 years, welcoming guests from far and wide, but has now been handed a massive electricity bill

Daily Mirror

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Power NI cutting electricity tariff but bills to stay same thanks to Government aid reduction

Consumer Council says "consumers won’t see a difference in their bills"

Belfast Live

Governments unveil renewables investment as ACCC warns of skyrocketing electricity bills

Competition across Australia’s electricity market is coming under pressure as prices soar, raising the spectre of even higher bills.

The New Daily

Renewables providers to be paid to ensure stable electricity supply

Renewable energy providers will be paid to ensure stable, reliable power supply in a scheme signed on to by the states ahead of worsening forecasts of price spikes and blackouts in the year ahead.

ABC News

Minerals Council report says Labor price cap will fail and possibly push up power prices

Mr Galilee said the report indicated that high power prices were caused by a shortage of electricity supply and warns of a bleak winter next year due to a looming spike in global gas prices,

Newcastle Herald

Power prices surge 23pct, reform needed

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has called for reforms to ensure surging power prices can be brought under control.

AAP

Dunelm shoppers rush to buy £14 heater that heats up a room in minutes and costs PENNIES to run

"So nice to heat up a room in minutes knowing that you are not increasing the electricity bill much"

Manchester Evening News

Electricity, telecoms return to parts of Ethiopia's Tigray

Basic services like electricity and telecoms have been restored to key parts of Ethiopia’s Tigray region following the signing of a cease-fire deal a month ago, but most areas are still cut off from the world

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Wales Online

Six Brits chosen to front campaign showcasing nation’s home-grown energy generation efforts

Julia Bradbury has helped launch the campaign to celebrate people generating their own electricity

The Independent UK

Donors race to get generators, other aid to hard-hit Ukraine

When Russian forces launched a military campaign against infrastructure in Ukraine, they opened a front that carried the war along power lines and water mains to homes, schools, hospitals and Ukrainian livelihoods

The Guardian - UK

Kent family charged £80k in error after EDF sent £1m electricity bill

‘It was quite amusing, until it actually happened,’ says customer, after being left £75,000 overdrawn

Manchester Evening News

Households struggle after £66-a-month energy support given to entire apartment block instead of each home

'I can't afford to buy my daughter a Christmas present'

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Bangkok Post

Thousands of illegal cryptocurrency mining units seized

Special investigators have seized about 3,500 illegal cryptocurrency-mining units operating from rented buildings in Bangkok and Nonthaburi and stealing vast amounts of electricity.

WEKU

Environmentalists and Ky. AG want to pump the brakes on a massive crypto mining facility. Why?

ABC News

Northern Territory electricity retailer Jacana overhauls processes after disconnecting life support customer

The Northern Territory's energy retailer disconnected a customer relying on life support for a matter of hours earlier this year, according to the sector regulator, in an administrative blunder described as potentially fatal.

ABC News

Former electricity meter reader says he was bitten by dogs while working, an attack was a daily concern

Daniel Davidson, a meter reader around Ipswich and Brisbane for four years, says aggressive dogs all too often posed a danger to meter readers.

The Conversation

In 2022, Australia's governments finally got moving on climate. Here's how

We might look back on 2022 as the year when Australian governments finally started taking climate change as seriously as it needs to be.

Radio France Internationale

Macron downplays 'absurd' power cut fears as winter bites in France

French President Emmanuel Macron has dismissed growing fears of winter electricity outages as "overblown", even as France's energy companies prepare for possible targeted power cuts if consumption is not reduced and cold snaps strain the grid.

Fortune

Intuit CEO Sasan Goodarzi says A.I. is turning the TurboTax parent into more than a 'transactional' platform

He compares the A.I. revolution to the advent of electricity and the internet.

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