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Energy
Victorians paying top dollar for carbon credits, triggering green-scheme overhaul
A tonne of carbon removed from the atmosphere costs up to three times more under Victoria’s gas removal program than in similar schemes across Australia – and it’s passed onto consumers in their power bills.
- by Kieran Rooney
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The Lady Vanishes: Is Bruce Lehrmann’s former landlord an aristocrat?
The woman accusing Lehrmann of property damage has been described as “Lady Gaenor Meakes”. But how did she get the title?
- by Noel Towell and Kishor Napier-Raman
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Gas
‘No shortage’: Producers reject minister’s gas supply claim
Victoria’s gas companies have declared there is no shortage of local reserves to fill impending shortfalls.
- by Mike Foley
Gas shortfalls could force businesses offshore
Business leaders are threatening the government that gas insecurity might force them to quit Victoria.
- by Kieran Rooney, Broede Carmody and Annika Smethurst
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Energy
‘Supply gap’: Labor was warned last year Victoria will run out of gas
The energy department warned a plan to switch Victorian homes and businesses to electricity instead of gas will not happen fast enough to make up for predicted gas shortages.
- by Annika Smethurst
Call for Australia’s offshore wind deals to protect against inflation
Danish renewable energy giant Orsted says Australia’s first offshore wind farm deals must contain protections against inflationary shocks as the sector reels from soaring costs.
- by Nick Toscano
Winds of change: New era for offshore energy industry set to blow in
The Albanese government has identified the first fleet of aspiring wind farm developers and issued six permits to build turbines off the Victorian coast.
- by Mike Foley and Nick Toscano
‘Light the way’: The SEC says it will be bold in getting more energy projects built
Victorian Labor’s big election promise has had a shaky start, but it now says it will start investing in projects the market is still unsure about.
- by Kieran Rooney
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Renewables
Big batteries to shore up power in 20 Victorian tourist towns
Regional communities exposed to patchy electricity and power outages during tourist peaks will have their supply shored up with the first round of neighbourhood batteries.
- by Kieran Rooney
‘Unacceptable’: Minister slams Ausnet over not setting up hardship payments
Energy Minister Lily D’Ambrosio has lashed electricity distributor Ausnet over the delay in processing payments to customers affected by lengthy power outages.
- by Kieran Rooney
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Power outage
‘Weeks to restore’: Half a million homes without power after extreme weather
Victorian Energy Minister Lily D’Ambrosio described it as “one of the largest outage events in the state’s history” after a storms flattened transmission towers and knocked out the state’s largest power station.
- by Kieran Rooney and Alex Crowe
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