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‘My seven steps to keeping your energy bills down’: Kunle Barker shares his top energy-saving tips

From big-budget renovations to a £20 tweak, here’s how to save energy and spend less on your household bills without reducing your quality of life

Evening Standard

Victorian Labor to build publicly owned renewables, revive electricity commission if re-elected

A re-elected Victorian Labor government will build new, publicly owned energy generation capacity. The party has also promised to reduce emissions by up to 80 per cent by 2035.

ABC News

Victoria set to re-enter electricity market after setting 95% renewable energy target

Daniel Andrews announces plan to revive State Electricity Commission, which was privatised in the 1990s

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Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 239 of the invasion

Ukraine to restrict electricity use; Putin declares martial law in four Ukraine provinces; Kyiv describes Moscow’s plans to resettle civilians in Kherson as ‘propaganda show’

The Guardian - AU

The Coalition is seeing red (meat) over the methane pledge – but it’s not just about burping cattle

About half of the CO2-equivalent caused by releasing methane in Australia comes from agriculture. The rest comes mainly from coalmines, oil, gas and waste

The Guardian - AU

U.S. says Iranians in Crimea helping Russia use drones against Ukraine

Washington said on Thursday it believed Iranian military staff had been deployed in Crimea to provide assistance to Russian forces using Iranian-made drones to attack Ukraine, as the West slapped sanctions on Tehran in response.

Reuters

Study: Solar and wind energy saved Texas customers more than $7 billion in 2022 so far

Solar and wind energy saved Texans nearly $1 billion a month this year in electricity costs, according to a recent clean energy study from energy system analysis group IdeaSmiths LLC.

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Australian Energy Regulator calls for reform as power bills continue to rise

With a further 35 per cent increase to power prices expected next year, Australia's energy watchdog says it's time to strengthen consumer protection.

ABC News

It might not feel like it, but North East has lowest electricity costs - here's why

We pay £55 less per year on average under energy price guarantee and a massive £121 per year less than people living in Merseyside

Chronicle Live

Ukraine to impose electricity supply restrictions starting Thursday

Ukraine will start restricting electricity supplies across the country on Thursday after Russia knocked out more power plants, a senior aide to President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday.

Reuters

I'm an Irish café owner and I've just got an €8,000 electricity bill but it won't beat me

"I'm so emotional about this but we're not going to let it beat us"

Irish Mirror

Hyundai Hotel Opens With All Electricity Coming From Ioniq 5

At night, the car powers a projector, speakers, and popcorn machine so that visitors can watch a movie.

Motor1

New campaign warns fuel poverty set to impact almost 11 million households from April

Energy firms are being urged to allow smart prepay customers use £400 rebate on electricity and gas meters.

Daily Record

Cost of living crisis: Easy sum to work out how much your appliances cost to run

It's a lot simpler to make decisions on what to use and what to cut back on when you know exactly how much it's hitting your pocket

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Reuters

As Europe saves energy, some Romanians have little to unplug

In the quiet Romanian village of Vasilati, where most houses are heated with wood, people worry about their power bills even though Romanians consume the least electricity per capita in the European Union and many have cut back use all they can.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi-Egypt Electricity Interconnection Project Receives $566 Mn

Standard Chartered Bank announced $566.4 million in financing, in cooperation with the Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, for Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) to facilitate a Saudi-Egypt electricity interconnection project. The 14-year financing will be guaranteed by the Swedish Export Credit Agency (EKN) and funded by the Swedish Export Credit Corporation (SEK).

Wales Online

System means many people can't use £400 energy bill support to pay for heating

MoneySavingExpert is calling for an urgent change in the rules before November 1

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon Power Plant Sparks Cancer Fears

After losing four relatives to respiratory illness, Zeina Matar fled her hometown north of Lebanon's capital where she says a decaying power plant generates little electricity but very deadly pollution. Thick black smoke sometimes billows from its red-and-white chimneys, leaving a grey haze in the air above the Zouk Mikael…

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Origin Energy upgrades outlook on gas gain

Origin Energy has upgraded its outlook as gas earnings surge amid the global supply shock, with Australian power bills set to rise into 2024.

Bangkok Post

Wars aren't won with peace economies

Politically, the G7 and likeminded countries around the world have adopted a war footing to stop Russian aggression. Russian President Vladimir Putin violated the most fundamental principle of international law by launching an unprovoked attack on another member of the United Nations -- an institution created explicitly to prevent such…

Tribune News Service

Ukraine keeps power on despite Russia’s missile barrage

Russian missile and drone strikes targeting Ukrainian power infrastructure over the past week have failed to knock electricity supply off the grid for any prolonged period, according to International Energy Agency data.

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine says 30% of its power plants destroyed in last eight days

Nato secretary general says new counter-drone defences to be delivered to Ukraine within days

The Conversation

Smart meters and dynamic pricing can help consumers use electricity when it's less costly, saving money and reducing pollution

Americans want their electricity to be cheap, clean and reliable, but that trifecta is becoming more elusive, thanks to climate change. According to a 2021 report by the nonprofit research organization Climate Central, more than 80% of reported major outages across the U.S. from 2000 through 2021 were caused by…

Axios

Russian attacks destroyed 30% of Ukrainian power stations, Zelensky says

Missile attacks on Kyiv has limited electricity and water supplies.

Daily Mirror

Energy help you can claim now - including £1,500 grant and money to replace your boiler

The new Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has confirmed the Energy Price Guarantee - which is a universal scheme that covers everyone on a variable rate tariff - will be cut from April

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