Electricity Production and Distribution

A power company was forced to switch off power to about 10,000 customers in the heart of Melbourne after a burst water main threatened to flood a substation on Monday afternoon.

Environmental timelines outlined by Star of the South show the offshore wind farm project could take up to an additional five years to be completed, leaving some in the energy sector wondering whether Victoria could suffer an energy shortfall.

As Australia weans itself away from coal, aging power stations across the country have been reduced to smoke and rubble. But for communities at the coalface, there are serious and dramatic consequences.

A new east coast gas reserve will "drive down" prices, according to the federal government and ensure Australia is no longer "hostage" to international markets.

ATCO Australia tells 8,000 customers they will need to find new energy sources or switch to bottled gas as it prepares to decommission its Great Southern gas network in WA.

In less than nine months, more than a quarter of a million batteries were installed in Australian households. Here's how the battery rebate is changing and why. 

A hot summer saw Australians use record amounts of electricity, but the growing share of renewable energy continued to push fossil fuels out of the grid, driving gas generation to its lowest level in 25 years.

A new report says the money consumers could save by converting from gas to electricity is set to increase over the coming decades, sparking calls for government regulation to encourage the switch.

Two remote Indigenous communities have attracted a combined $11 million in funding for solutions to tackle their fuel security and cost-of-living crises.

The treasurer says changes to capital gains tax for foreign investors is a clarification, but experts say it could dampen investment.

A power company warns that growing electricity demand is creating an undervoltage issue as Victoria's infrastructure struggles to keep up with the transition from gas.

A farmer in Victoria's north is offering up his property for transmission lines as part of the VNI West project, saying it would give him a chance to diversify his income.

Benchmark power prices across parts of the country will ease as renewables reduce wholesale costs for electricity, but the regulator warns its modelling does not account for the war in the Middle East.

China is adopting green energy at a scale hard to imagine for many other countries, with the country's latest five-year plan further signalling its intention to reduce its dependency on foreign oil.

Australia's energy watchdog prepares to unveil new power price caps, which will include a tariff offering three hours of free electricity during the day. 

Australia is a gas "superpower", but its citizens continue to pay the price through their electricity bills for the country failing to protect them from the fallout as the Middle East unravels again.

Alice Springs residents have reported not receiving an energy bill for 12 months, and then being threatened with power cuts unless they entered unaffordable payment plans.

Volunteer firefighters in regional Western Australia say fatigued crews are frustrated over time spent monitoring pole-top fires before Western Power crews travel to the scene.

Major upgrades to Hobart's power grid to supply the Macquarie Point stadium are yet to be finalised or costed, with the final estimate for the precinct's energy demand increasing by almost 50 per cent in a year.

Amid soaring prices and rising levels of energy hardship, the regulator wants to strengthen the protections for vulnerable customers.