The Latest Breaking News from Electricity

Surviving extreme heat increasingly boils down to this: access to air conditioning

The next great climate divide will be between countries that have the resources to adapt and those that don’t

The Guardian - US · Jul 15

Households get more breaks on power bills

New revisions in Thailand’s electricity tariff structure will lower power rates for household consumers and remove public street lighting costs from residential electricity bills, expected to take effect as early as the August billing cycle.

Bangkok Post · Jul 15

Heating oil firms told to compensate customers over Iran war price hikes

The CMA found heating oil customers lack the robust protections of those using gas or electricity

The Independent UK · Jul 15

Energy rollercoaster: Australian bills to fall and rise

Australian households can expect lower electricity costs in the coming years, a report says, but they shouldn't get used to them.

AAP · Jul 14

$1.8 billion pumped hydro project gets green light at former mine site

It has the potential to power up to 120,000 homes.

Newcastle Herald · Jul 14

Meta says it will spend an extra $40 billion on its nearly 4,000-acre data center campus in Louisiana in its quest for more compute power

Meta mega campus covers 4,000 acres and will require 10 methane-burning gas turbine plants to power the data center, which is set to use three times more electricity than New Orleans.

TechRadar · Jul 14

New York Has Put The Brakes On AI Data Centers. It's The First State To Order A Construction Pause.

New York has become the first U.S. state to temporarily halt construction of large new data centers.

International Business Times · Jul 14

Coalition and One Nation’s plan to ditch net zero would not lower power prices, CSIRO report finds

GenCost report contradicts parties’ claims about abandoning emissions target, and finds nuclear would be most expensive way to generate power

The Guardian - AU · Jul 14

Is air conditioning really going to be banned in the UK? This is the truth behind the rumours, and how to ensure yours doesn't fall foul of the rules

This is the truth behind the rumours, and how you can ensure yours does fall foul of the rules

Ideal Home · Jul 14

The best backup power solutions for storms, heat waves and blackouts

From portable battery banks and generators to larger home systems, there are many backup power choices to consider as extreme weather ramps up and outages happen more often and last longer

The Independent UK · Jul 14