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Meter reading day: Here’s when to submit gas and electricity meter readings this week

The typical household in Britain will pay, on average, around £2,500 a year in energy bills for the next two years from Saturday 1 October. A worldwide squeeze on gas supplies has led to a supply-demand imbalance and soaring prices are now being passed on by energy companies to households.…

Evening Standard

Loy Yang A’s premature closure puts pressure on renewable energy to replace fossil fuels

AGL is speeding up the closure of one of Australia’s biggest carbon polluting power plants, but a solid replacement is yet to take shape.

The New Daily

Rough dates given for Budget 2023 electricity credit, €400 fuel allowance lump sum and Christmas bonus

New measures announced will be coming in before the end of 2022 and will continue into 2023

Irish Mirror

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Liz Truss falsely claims no one's energy bills will be higher than £2,500

The Prime Minister was blasted by Full Fact after saying 'nobody' will be paying electricity and gas bills of more than £2,500 a year - when in fact, that's just the average

Daily Mirror

Days left for households to submit meter readings before Electric Ireland and Bord Gais price hikes

Customers will need to avoid the worst of impending price hikes by only paying for what their household actually uses

Dublin Live

When to take your gas and electricity meter readings ahead of October energy cap rise

Customers are advised to find out the best way to submit readings on 'meter reading day', as in April energy companies' websites crashed due to demand

Chronicle Live

French electric grid operator to return €1bn in windfall profits to customers

France's electrical grid operator says it will return at least one billion euros to major power users in early 2023, a record amount, as energy companies have seen soaring profits during Europe's energy crisis.

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How did Victoria cut emissions by almost 30% - while still running mostly on coal?

In the 15 years to 2020, Victoria’s emissions fell by almost 30%, according to a new government report. You might wonder how is this possible, given most of the state’s brown coal stations are still running and we’re still driving petrol cars.

The Conversation

Exclusive-Europe braces for mobile network blackouts - sources

Once unthinkable, mobile phones could go dark around Europe this winter if power cuts or energy rationing knocks out parts of the mobile networks across the region.

Reuters

Irish households have just days left to submit meter readings before next energy price hike

Customers will need to avoid the worst of impending price hikes by only paying for what their household actually uses

Irish Mirror

Nationals say renewables can’t meet energy needs without fossil support. But do the claims firm up?

The Nationals have turned the scare rhetoric up to 11, but the energy market operator has already accounted for much of their criticisms

The Guardian - AU

AGL Energy to accelerate exit from coal

Australia's largest electricity generator AGL Energy - operator of the Liddell and Bayswater power stations in the Hunter Valley - will go "net zero" after abandoning plans to split into two companies.

Newcastle Herald

Pool asks swimmers to consider showering at home to cut its energy bills

Pubs use candles or reduce hours to save electricity

The Independent UK

Cuba after Ian: How the entire electrical grid collapsed, leaving a nation in darkness

Most of Cuba’s 11 million people remained without electricity on Wednesday, after the failure of one of the country’s main power plants Tuesday afternoon brought down the entire electrical grid.

Miami Herald

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Wales Online

The reason energy prices are higher in one region of Wales

The price of energy varies across the UK

Chronicle Live

Police discover suspected cannabis farm site inside empty business premises in Newcastle

Police officers discovered that the electricity at the address had been bypassed

The Guardian - US

‘We’re natural fighters’: Cubans brave sweeping power cuts in Hurricane Ian aftermath

As parts of the island languish without electricity, people worry about the worsening after-effects of the storm

The Guardian - UK

EDF considers extending life of two UK nuclear plants due to energy crisis

Hartlepool and Heysham 1, operational for four decades, are due to close in 2024 but EDF says that is under review

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AAP

Massive investment needed in energy sector

The Energy Security Board says large-scale investment in new transmission infrastructure, generation and capacity is needed to keep power prices down.

The Guardian - US

Hurricane Ian: more than 2m without power as Florida hit with ‘catastrophic’ wind and rain

‘Major, major’ storm, estimated to be 140 miles wide, sweeps inland after causing huge flooding on coast, with millions of residents in its path

The Conversation

Labour’s Great British Energy is a good start – here's how to make it work for everyone

In a packed auditorium in Liverpool, Labour leader Keir Starmer stood at a plinth emblazoned with the words “A Fairer, Greener Future”. It was the key theme of this year’s party conference and is evident in Starmer’s landmark policy announcement: the creation of a new publicly-owned energy company, Great British…

WEKU

Cuba works to restore electricity after Hurricane Ian knocked power out island wide

Cuban officials said they had begun to restore some power Wednesday after Hurricane Ian knocked out electricity to the entire island.

The Conversation

'Decarbonisation is too expensive' – how to sell climate change action to bean counters

The three most prevalent myths about tackling climate change allege that transitioning to renewable energy jacks up household bills, requires massive amounts of government subsidy and creates mass unemployment. These concerns are all (thankfully) false.

Edinburgh Live

East Lothian council leader warns public services are at breaking point

A 160% increase on the cost of gas bills and 25% increase in electricity costs for public buildings is expected to add £1million into the annual budget this year

Daily Record

Stirling family's frustration after being left without electricity in smart meter blunder

Gas engineer had been "shocked to learn" that electricity meter in mum Claire McRuvie's Raploch house was not the one on her bill.

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