The Turnbull government has asked the Australian Energy Regulator to investigate claims electricity network companies are price gouging customers to help pay their corporate tax liabilities. While electricity networks and regulated gas pipelines receive an allowance as part of a revenue determination process to cover their tax bills, analysis by the Australian Taxation Office between […]

A Federal Government crackdown on electricity price gouging by distribution networks could save householders hundreds of dollars on power bills. A review will be carried out by the Australian Energy Regulator (AER) to ensure energy companies are not charging customers for their corporate tax liabilities. According to the Minister for the Environment and Energy, Josh […]

MONTEREY, Calif. —Monterey Bay Community Power will soon be the new power provider on the Central Coast. The not for profit is an example of a community choice energy model that are popping up across California. MBCP’s mission is to provide greener energy at a lower cost. Customers across Monterey, Santa Cruz, and San Benito […]

SOCHI – Belarus has considerably increased electricity export in 2018, Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus Vladimir Semashko told reporters during the Atomexpo forum in Sochi on 14 May, BelTA has learnt. According to the vice premier, since the start of the year our country sold about 420 million kWh abroad. The Energy Ministry had informed […]

The federal government’s latest tally of Australia’s carbon emissions reveals yet another increase in the nation’s contribution to climate changing greenhouse gases, even without the contributions of Victoria’s now-closed Hazelwood coal plant. The quarterly report, produced by the Department of Environment and Energy, shows a 0.8 increase in national emissions levels in the December 2017 […]

The inability to get more gas to generate energy and some constraints in transmission as well as distribution denied electricity users 21,242MW in six days of last week. Daily Trust reports. Our reporters gathered that part of the problem that recently contributed to poor generation was that the thermal plants could no longer get much […]

Unit 4 of the Ohi nuclear power plant in Japan’s Fukui Prefecture began supplying electricity to the grid again on 11 May, Kansai Electric Power Company has announced. The reactor is expected to re-enter commercial operation early next month. Following the shutdown of all of Japan’s reactors after the March 2011 accident at the Fukushima […]