energy prices

Here is a break down of a few of the terms and ideas underpinning this unprecedented electricity crisis event to help you make sense of it.

We arrived here thanks to a series of energy policy decisions under previous governments – state and federal – that left Australia’s energy system ill-equipped to cope with the demands placed on it.

The moment for reform on energy markets is here — a business-as-usual approach by governments won’t cut it.

The OECD and IEA warn nations against raising government support for fossil fuels in the face of rising energy prices or pandemic economic fallouts.

The commercial sites make money by charging suppliers for the switches they set up, meaning that consumers ultimately foot the bill in the form of higher tariffs.

The rate of liquified natural gas exports from Australia has skyrocketed over the past two decades. Why then, would we need to ship it in?

There’s been no shortage of attention on small business energy bills over the last 18 months, amid myriad complaints from local entrepreneurs about rising bill prices in recent years. Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction Angus Taylor has previously described business energy bills as “unreasonable” and has this year made several promises to deliver relief.