The Latest Breaking News from Electricity

Storage is one of the least sexy words around. That’s a problem

By the time a crisis hits, it’s too late to start building an extra cupboard

Financial Times · Dec 9, 2022

Coal cap looks wrong, but realistic examination of power grid is long overdue

Blaming coal for the electricity grid's conversion crisis

Newcastle Herald · Dec 8, 2022

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 · Dec 8, 2022

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 · Dec 8, 2022

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 · Dec 8, 2022

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 · Dec 8, 2022

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 · Dec 8, 2022

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 · Dec 7, 2022

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 · Dec 7, 2022

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 · Dec 7, 2022