Village Power are the latest community energy group to be knocked back for asset insurance for their community battery.
Real community batteries are uninsurable in energy game of “snakes and ladders”
SwitchedOn podcast: Why the energy transition needs consumers to love electricity
Devrim Celal from green energy retailer Octopus explains why the energy transition will not succeed unless the proper incentives are given to use electricity at the right times.
The world-first, community-driven electrification blueprint for Australia’s energy future
A two-year campaign led by the local community of the 2515 postcode has resulted in world-first pilot project.
SwitchedOn Podcast: World-first community pilot to help spark the electrification of everything
A groundbreaking community pilot hopes to identify the opportunities and challenges as household electrification is scaled up across the whole country.
Consumers need simpler energy bills, not more complicated tariffs
ECA opposes making time-of-use tariffs mandatory and wants a minimum three-year transition period for households to move to cost-reflective pricing.
SwitchedOn Podcast: How time-of-use tariffs could become a recipe for bill shock
Energy Consumers Australia CEO Brendan French on why cost-reflective electricity tariffs should not be mandatory – and should not make energy bills more complicated.
“They will be cost effective:” Ausgrid defends network roll-out of community batteries
Ausgrid says costs for community batteries are coming down with each new deployment – and they will be cost-effective without government grants.
SwitchedOn Podcast: In defence of “community” batteries
Ausgrid’s Rob Amphlett Lewis on why mid-scale batteries have a big role to play in the energy transition, how they will become cost effective in the future, and how householders can benefit from them.
SwitchedOn Podcast: Air tight homes can reduce energy costs up to 20%
Senior CSIRO scientist Michael Ambrose recently completed Australia’s most comprehensive study on the ‘leakiness’ of recently built homes. Here’s what he found.
What are the best ways to get off gas? Ask the Tesla-driving sparkie
From heat pumps, to induction stoves, and 3-phase power, Brendan Lang provides answers to your household electrification questions.
