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December 2024

The distribution network holds the key to unlocking a more cost-effective, equitable energy transition.

Distributors are the ‘missing middle’ in the future of energy

The distribution network holds the key to unlocking a more cost-effective, equitable energy transition.

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by Ausgrid

September 2024

How this battery system can help the energy transition

The electricity grid is long on solar power and short on storage. This first of a kind battery service could be the solution.

Homeowners rush to buy batteries to avoid ‘sun tax’

Electricity companies are starting to charge homeowners for excess solar energy. Some owners are taking their power back.

June 2024

Ausgrid CEO Marc England: now is the time to have a proper debate on the role well-regulated distributors can play in the energy transition beyond maintaining poles and wires.

Distributors can drive lower-cost transition

Electricity distributors can help deliver a lower cost, more socially equitable transition.

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by Ausgrid

The big equity problem in household EV charging

Gavin Dufty, executive manager of policy and research at the St Vincent de Paul Society, says the current electricity tariff system is not fit-for-purpose when it comes to EV charging.

Three big challenges for Australia’s net-zero transition

Addressing the missing middle, allaying community concerns and more government cooperation will all be critical to the future of the net-zero transition, according to energy experts.

A roadside charging station in action. Ausgrid says NSW needs 30,000 of them.

The reason Australians aren’t buying electric cars

The industry can overcome “range anxiety” by building thousands of charging stations across Australia, experts say.

An Ausgrid community battery in Warriewood, in Sydney’s northern beaches.

To get power bills down, your suburb needs a battery

A power company wants to install hundreds of local batteries. Bureaucracy is getting in the way.

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