Policy

The Victorian Government is stepping in to reduce the price of costly reserve power, after calls from the Australian Energy...

The companies that formed The Energy Charter in January 2019 have provided disclosure reports to an Independent Accountability Panel which...

Electricity and gas retailers are now required to have stronger and clearer hardship policies available on their websites, to comply...

The Australian Capital Territory will successfully achieve 100 per cent renewable electricity by 2020 with the infrastructure now in place....

The Federal Government has introduced the Treasury Laws Amendment (Prohibiting Energy Market Misconduct) Bill 2019, which will ensure that energy...

The Northern Territory Government is addressing climate change with the launch of its draft Climate Change Response, which outlines the...

Victoria has new planning guidelines in place for large scale solar development. Victorian Minister for Planning, Richard Wynne, introduced an...

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has released a second report into the National Electricity Market which has found...

A review of the current Federal energy efficiency laws has been completed, finding that they are successfully reducing greenhouse gas...

The ACT Government will contract for the construction of up to 250MW of renewable energy generation through a ‘reverse-auction’, to...

The Western Australian Government has released a greenhouse gas emissions policy for major projects which will be assessed by the...

The Consumer Data Right has been officially extended to energy services by the Federal Government. The Consumer Data Right provides...

The Victorian Government has introduced a Bill to legislate an increase to the Victorian Renewable Energy Target (VRET) to 50...

The AEMC has made a final determination regarding the five minute settlement and global settlement implementation amendments, in response to...

The Victorian Government has released new planning guidelines for large-scale solar farms.  Acting Minister for Planning, Lily D’Ambrosio, released the...

The AER has released its annual Compliance and Enforcement Priorities and Policy, addressing accountability for energy providers.  AER Chair, Paula...

The Western Australian Government has released its implementation plan for hydraulic fracturing.  In 2018, an independent Scientific Inquiry was carried...

A Queensland Court of Appeal has determined to uphold a Supreme Court ruling to overturn state government regulation around the...

A report from energy consultant Energetics, proposes low carbon gas policy incentives which could assist efforts to decarbonise Australia’s economy....

The Federal Election for 2019 is done and dusted, and while we don’t yet have all the answers on the...

At the end of 2017, the Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) made a landmark ruling: the price settlement interval for...

The Energy Users’ Association of Australia (EUAA), which represents many of Australia’s largest gas users, has released a National Gas...

The AER’s Draft Interim Market Liquidity Obligation (MLO) Guideline, one of six guidelines developed under the Retailer Reliability Obligation, is...

The highly anticipated 2019-20 Federal Budget, which was announced on Tuesday 2 April, has some significant outcomes for the energy...

The Federal Government has introduced new regulations which intend to make it easier for consumers to choose the air conditioner...

Federal Labor has released the climate policy it will be taking to the Federal Election, with the energy industry to...

The Tasmanian Gas Industry and Gas Safety Bill has been successfully passed by both houses of Government. The bill cuts...

Victorian Minister for Solar Homes, Lily D’Ambrosio, announced that from 1 July 2019, the major solar retailers participating in the...

The Australian Energy Regulator (AER) is seeking penalties for companies that breach its Electricity Distribution Ring-Fencing Guideline, which it says...

Western Australian has released its Energy Transformation Strategy in response to the rapid uptake of rooftop solar panels and battery...