Policy

State pricing regulator factors "sun tax" into draft feed-in tariff estimates, with more than 300,000 solar households set to pay rooftop export fees starting in July.

Climate Council's Greg Bourne says a new focus on community energy projects and electrification will address some of the missing links in the green energy transition.

Clean Energy Council suspends several big-brand inverters from its list of approved products, rendering them ineligible for use in federal and state rebate schemes.

A 1944 report recommended the Australian government should encourage the building of more climate-responsive and healthy homes. So, what happened?

One of Australia's biggest rooftop solar retailers and installers revealed as the subject of compliance action for making false rebate submissions.

Regulator report finds that little-understood but increasingly common demand tariffs can add up to $800 to an annual electricity bill, often without any warning.

The gas war still burns: “We need to think about how to stop misinformation going to households and how to get the right guidelines for people.”

IEEFA's Amandine Denis-Ryan explains why new gas supplies are not needed in the long term, and why we urgently need a nationwide plan for electrification.

Clean Energy Regulator issues fresh reminder to follow the rules governing the rooftop solar industry or face exclusion from the federal rebate scheme.

A project in Melbourne that provided free energy audits and energy upgrades for private rental homes was stonewalled by real estate agents.

Alastair Matcott worked on a project that provided free energy audits and free renewable energy upgrades for private renters and investors. But it failed because they were stonewalled by real estate companies and industry bodies.

Power and gas company Sumo will fork out $10 million for door-to-door sales in the largest ever penalty for breaches of one state's energy laws.

Clean Energy Council gets off to less than ideal start to its "new and improved" SRES product listing service, after badly bungling a registration on day one.

Clean Energy Council retains the job of managing the list of products that can participate in the federal rooftop solar rebate, on the condition it lifts its game.

Five months after it was first announced, NSW launches its home battery incentive, offering up to $2,400 discounts on solar storage and rebates to join VPPs.

Victorian government firms plans for the phase out of fossil gas hot water and heating, just days after it was slammed for back-tracking on the policy.