The Latest Breaking News from Electricity

Australia’s energy story is at a turning point. Demand for electricity is rising rapidly as homes, industries, and transport systems electrify. The nation is also under pressure to cut emissions from its energy sector and elsewhere.

The entire grid collapsed after a malfunction at one of the nation’s biggest plants

Hot water is an invisible giant in New Zealand’s energy story. About 30% of the average household’s electricity bill flows into keeping cylinders topped up. Swap one appliance, though, and most of that demand disappears.

More than 1 million customers are falling behind on their electricity bills with no repayment plan in place

Close to a million electricity and a million gas customers were now behind on their bills, Resolution Foundation research suggested.

Prosecutors say a 24-year-old man with ties to white nationalist groups has pleaded guilty to charges that he attempted to use a drone to bomb a Nashville electricity substation

October Nymex natural gas (NGV25 ) on Tuesday closed up +0.027 (+0.87%). Oct nat-gas prices on Tuesday settled higher but remained below Monday's 1-month high on forecasts for warmer late-summer US temperatures, which will boost nat-gas demand from electricity providers to power the increased air conditioning usage. Forecaster Atmospheric G2...

Australia’s black wattle tree (Acacia mearnsii) has spread across South Africa, taking over millions of hectares of land and pushing indigenous plants aside. Economist Saul Ngarava researches agriculture and the connection between water, energy, food, social justice and land reform. He was part of a team who surveyed 1,184 homes…

Ethiopia has inaugurated Africa’s largest hydroelectric dam to produce more than 5,000 megawatts and boost the electric vehicle industry in a country that has banned the importation of gasoline-powered vehicles