Electricity Production and Distribution

The state's resource-rich Goldfields region has been swept up in the global push to renewable energy, with billions in mining investment driving the development of six wind farms.

Some are cheering the extra income from a proposed renewable energy transmission line, while others are vowing to lock their gates against electricity provider Transgrid.

The NT chief minister says there will be a review into the outage, which impacted about 20,000 households across 19 suburbs in Darwin, Katherine and Palmerston on Monday afternoon.

A report into soaring grocery prices, rising energy bills and steep airfares will be released on Wednesday. Its findings and recommendations will cause a headache for some of the country's biggest and most powerful companies, writes Adele Ferguson.

Queensland’s state-owned power grid quietly forced almost 170,000 air-conditioners in homes and businesses into low-power mode six times over summer.

As power is expected to be restored to the final 80 Western Power customers affected by last week's blackouts, WA's premier promises Kalgoorlie-Boulder's power supply will be "more reliable" in the future.

The owner of Kalgoorlie's Super Pit gold mine is feeding additional power into the grid as Western Power continues to repair a 220-kilovolt transmission line damaged in last week's storms and local generator suppliers do their best to accommodate unprecedented demand.

Hundreds of residents and businesses in the Perth Hills and WA's Wheatbelt have now gone almost a week with no power, leaving them counting the cost of the outage.

Crews are continuing restoration works for thousands of customers in blackout conditions, as power to Kalgoorlie is restored.

Power is starting to return to Kalgoorlie-Boulder after a summer storm toppled massive transmission towers, causing extended outages to the city's water, fuel, internet and phone services. 

The battery network harvests solar energy collected by rooftop panels during the day, and allows homes in the network to use the power at night.

St Vincent de Paul calls for an urgent shake-up of power bills, warning the cost of Australia's clean energy transition is disproportionately falling on poorer customers.

This summer is predicted to be Victoria's most dangerous bushfire season in recent years. Some fear power companies haven't done enough to mitigate risk. 

A court has heard a state-owned electricity company knew about issues that led to a large bushfire for a decade before the blaze. It also heard it would have taken two days to fix them.

The project involves the construction of 208 wind turbines, each with a maximum height of 270 metres, on the outskirts of Jerilderie in New South Wales' Riverina region.

Wait times for new connections to the grid have increased significantly in WA since 2020, adding another layer to new housing delays at a time when housing demands are high.

Residents in the small, isolated community of Ivanhoe in Western New South Wales are without power after a storm rolled through almost 40 hours ago, with some locals relying on generators to keep the lights on and food chilled.

Heatwave conditions eased on Saturday night, with temperatures in the high 20s expected on Sunday, before increasing again early next week, the Bureau of Meteorology says.

The Country Fire Service is monitoring several fires in South Australia after searing heat, strong winds and dry lightning strikes hit several areas.

Residents have been told to leave after a water leak cut electricity to all 219 apartments in a 35-floor Broadbeach tower. They have been told the issue won't be fixed before Christmas.

South Australians are urged to prepare for what is forecast to be one of the most significant fire weather days in years, along with the potential for power outages.

Origin Energy plans to close Australia's largest coal-fired power plant in 2025, but a government review has recommended it stay open.

The WA government has extended a taxpayer-funded lifeline to the failed foreign-owned Griffin Coal mine south of Perth so it continues to supply the state's biggest electricity system.

Elliott Management is little-known outside the world of high finance, but throughout its legendary history it's made many enemies, including the Argentine navy. It's now eyeing a stoush with an Australian state over energy.

An alliance of rural councils has signed an agreement with CopperString's founders to build a 930km "clean energy corridor" transmission line from Hughenden in the west to Biloela, one of Queensland's major power hubs.