Opinion
Without intending to do so, South Australia conducted the world’s biggest failed experiment in renewables integration. In an extract from his book, Black Out, Matthew Warren details the mistakes that led to South Australia’s notorious state-wide blackout.
News
South Australia’s record-breaking temperatures have reignited the political battle over the state’s electricity grid, after the diesel generators purchased by the previous Labor Government were brought online by the market operator to meet high demand.
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Prime Minister Scott Morrison is open to starting a royal commission into the energy sector, believing power companies are just as bad as the banks.
Australia’s business community is furious the National Energy Guarantee has been effectively dumped, along with a pledge to legislate a cut to emissions in the electricity sector.
Malcolm Turnbull has retreated from plans to legislate climate change targets as he tries to fend off an internal revolt over the National Energy Guarantee.
A “big stick” will be taken to energy companies in a bid to force immediate price reductions and win Malcolm Turnbull support for his national energy plan.
