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Texas lawmakers, energy experts unsure ‘complicated’ new power grid market would work

AUSTIN, Texas — The agency charged with overhauling Texas’ electricity market has proposed an untested structure in hopes of retaining the free-market system some blame for the blackouts during the 2021 winter storm.

Tribune News Service

Biden gives PG&E $1 billion to keep the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant open

The case for nuclear power as a climate solution got a big boost Monday when the Biden administration announced it's giving Pacific Gas & Electric Co. a $1.1-billion grant to help the company keep operating California's last nuclear plant.

Los Angeles Times

Popular Lanarkshire pub announces closure due to spiralling price of electricity

Regulars expressed their sadness on hearing that the Bullfrog was shutting down

Daily Record

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Mum spends £170 boiling kettles to wash her 4 kids after having no hot water for 12 days

Sarah Wedge, from Barking, east London, was forced to spent an extra £170 on boiling kettles to bathe her children amid soaring electricity costs when the hot water went off

Daily Mirror

Research reveals how much Brits' energy habits cost - with oven costing £47 a month

Nearly three-quarters of Brits don't know which household appliances are the most costly to run - with oven and hob coming out on top

Daily Mirror

France announces new international aid package for crisis-hit Moldova

French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday announced an international aid pakage of more than €100 million for Moldova during a summit in Paris. The small EU-friendly democracy is facing an economic and humanitarian crisis with the onset of winter and risks being further destabilised by the Ukraine conflict.

Radio France Internationale

Power disconnection for 6.5K consumers in MMR for failing to pay bills: MSEDCL

MUMBAI: The MSEDCL on Monday announced that it has launched a massive drive across the Mumbai metropolitan region to recover payments for pending electricity bills and has temporarily disconnected power supply for 6,474 consumers this month.

The Times of India

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Ukraine starts evacuating civilians from newly-liberated Kherson and neighbouring Mykolaiv

The evacuations come as Russian forces target key infrastructure leaving swathes of Ukraine without heating or electricity

Evening Standard

Renewable energy goal for auto industry to be set at 60%

The Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry is aiming to have the auto industry use renewable-sourced electricity for about 60% of its energy consumption by fiscal 2030. The target is based on the revised Law on Rational Use of Energy, which will come into effect next April. The ministry plans to…

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Qatar’s Industrial Production Index Increases by 4.9%

Qatar’s Industrial Production Index (IPI) increased by 4.9 percent this September compared to the corresponding month in 2021, reaching 102.4 points. However, it decreased by 3.2 percent compared to the previous month. Qatar News Agency reported that the index issued by the Planning and Statistics Authority shows details about the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Exactly how much each appliance adds to energy bills - with kitchen costing £117

Your air fryer is costing you £2.37 a week, and a kettle £1.50 a week - the TV adds another £6.12

Wales Online

Cold and dark: Kyiv readies for 'worst winter of our lives'

The lack of electricity turned Anastasia Pyrozhenko’s apartment into a deathtrap

The Independent UK

Hunt for higher local gas supply

The state subsidy programme for electricity prices is not the only way to curb their rapid increase, which is partially driven by the import of costly liquefied natural gas (LNG).

Bangkok Post

‘Rampant profiteering’: Unite asks Ofgem to cap power distributors’ profits

Exclusive: after UK networks rake in £15.8bn, Sharon Graham says they are holding the public to ransom

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Warm Home Discount: How to check if you will get a payment this year

Automatic payments is replacing the first-come first-served scramble of previous years, but you don't need to wait for a letter

Liverpool Echo

Octopus Energy, British Gas, E.On and OVO Energy to pay customers up to £100 to reduce their electricity use

Customers are asked to switch the time that they use electricity to off-peak hours during some days when supply is tight

Reuters

Ukraine power supplies are under control, no need to panic -ministry

Ukrainian electricity supplies are under control despite a series of Russian attacks on power-generating infrastructure and there is no need to panic, the energy ministry said on Saturday.

Daily Record

Struggling family forced to wear head torches at night and use heating once a week as bills double

Chadvar Todorov established the desperate measure of a 'no electricity at home' policy in his family household to save some money.

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'We are determined to go on': Escalating Russian attacks on Ukraine's power grid have small businesses preparing for a long cold winter

Missile strikes and hours-long blackouts are among their biggest worries as Russia intensifies its attacks—and targets Ukraine's energy grid.

Daily Record

First Minister visits Lanarkshire wind farm and applauds renewable energy efforts in plaque unveiling

Nicola Sturgeon visited the Kype Muir Wind Farm near Strathaven this morning.

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war live: Sunak meets Zelenskiy in Kyiv and confirms UK’s ‘continued support’ – as it happened

UK prime minister makes first visit to Ukraine since taking power

The Independent UK

'We survived': Kherson comes alive after Russian withdrawal

Residents of the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson can't escape reminders of the terrifying eight months they spent under Russian occupation: missing people, mines everywhere, a scarcity of electricity and water, and explosions day and night as Russian and Ukrainian forces keep battling

The Texas Tribune

Texas energy officials’ proposal to overhaul the power grid is drawing skepticism

In the wake of the deadly 2021 winter storm, the Texas Legislature ordered an overhaul of the state’s power market to prevent future widespread blackouts. But some senators aren’t fans of the main option on the table.

Bangkok Post

BCG Economy and Apec: Just empty rhetoric?

The Apec Leaders' Summit in Bangkok this week includes an agreement to work toward the "Bangkok Goals" on Bio-economy, Circular Economy and Green (BCG) Economy beyond national borders. Many have raised the question of whether the Thai government, as host to the summit, genuinely aims to push forward this goal.…

France 24

France's energy mix in turmoil

Rising gas and oil prices have plunged Europe into its worst energy crisis in decades. France has been hit hard, but perhaps not for the reasons you would expect. Nuclear and hydroelectric power, the country's main sources of electricity, are both running out of steam. Has the French energy mix…

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