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  • Tasmania shakes up power market

    May 16, 2012 - no Comments

    Tasmania’s Government has acted on a report on the state’s electricity market, and has announced full competition in the retail sector by by January 2014. State-owned retailer Aurora’s 260,000-strong customer

  • Qld to review power prices

    May 9, 2012 - no Comments

    The Queensland Government will review power prices in the state which have risen by about 60 per cent in recent years. Energy Minister, Mark McArdle says the review will aim

  • No savings in Verve/Synergy re-merger: report

    April 26, 2012 - no Comments

    The proposed re-merger of WA Government owned Verve and Synergy Energy would have no impact on electricity prices, according to a new report by consultancy Frontier Economics. The WA Government

  • HRL/Dual Gas project suspended

    April 18, 2012 - no Comments

    Coal and gas power developer HRL has suspended the development of its controversial $1.2 billion Victorian power project citing industry uncertainty and the Federal Government’s “contract for closure” policy. HRL

  • Electricity prices keep on rising

    April 13, 2012 - no Comments

    Retail and business customers in NSW and Tasmania are bracing for steeper rises in electricity prices in the second part of the year. In NSW, the Independent Pricing and Regulatory

  • ACCC probe on “gentailers”

    April 11, 2012 - no Comments

    Greens MP Christine Milne’s claim that major electricity retailers are frustrating renewable energy developments will be investigated by competition watchdog the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC). The Sydney Morning

  • Bureacratic doubts on $1.2 billion HRL project

    April 11, 2012 - no Comments

    Federal documents accessed under freedom of information rules reveal bureaucratic scepticism on the viability of the controversial $1.2 billion HRL/Dual Gas coal power station in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley. National media

  • WA regulator rejects upgrade

    April 5, 2012 - no Comments

    Western Australia’s economic regulator has rejected plans to spend $8.5 billion to upgrade the state’s power infrastructure, a decision which should prevent large price rises for power in WA. State-owned

  • Big changes recommended for Tasmanian power industry

    April 3, 2012 - no Comments

    Tasmania’s expert panel examining the state’s power industry has recommended sweeping changes which would include the dismantling of local giants Hydro Tasmania and Aurora Energy. The Electricity Supply Industry Expert

  • Price hikes no problem, says Fitch

    March 28, 2012 - no Comments

    Power companies will have few problems in passing on the cost of the carbon tax to consumers when the new pricing regime begins in July, according to a report from