2023
"Prudent and efficient:" Regulator gives green light to make Marinus Link a reality
Sophie Vorrath, Renew Economy, 20 Dec 2023
SEC can't complete in cut-throat power game to lower bills, experts warn
Josh Gordon and Royce Millar, The Age, 13 Nov 2023
Renewable energy transition is cutting through prime farmland
Sue Smethurst, The Courier Mail, 6 Nov 2023
"The future doesn't involve you," and other things the AER won't tell dying gas networks
Sophie Vorrath, Renew Economy, 2 Nov 2023
Farmers sidelined, as wind and solar farms earn $1.6 billion in subsidies
Peter Hunt, The Daily Telegraph, 1 Nov 2023
SEC to sell power to manufacturers, but likely to struggle to bring down bills
Kieran Rooney, WA Today, 26 Oct 2023
Manufacturers and schools to buy energy directly from revived SEC
Kieran Rooney and Annika Smethurst, The Age, 26 Oct 2023
If wholesale power prices have dropped, why are power bills still so high?
Alex Ritchie, Rate City, 23 Oct 2023
Wholesale electricity prices drop but don't expect bill relief yet
Daniel Mercer, ABC Listen, 23 Oct 2023
Wholesale power prices tumble but experts warn little relief in sight for consumers
Daniel Mercer, ABC News, 23 Oct 2023
Adam Morton, The Guardian, 20 Oct 2023
Severe summers and El Nino effects heighten power system concerns
Online News, The Australian, 28 Sept 2023
Libby Price, The Weekly Advertiser, 27 Sept 2023
Political stoush over nuclear heats up, but will it be part of our energy mix
Rachel Pupazzoni, ABC The Business, 18 Sept 2023
Can Australia really be an energy superpower?
Rachel Pupazzoni, ABC The Business, 8 Sept 2023
Regional Victorian Power Alliance visits Murrabit
Lloyd Polkinghorne, The Koondrook and Barham Bridge Newspaper, 7 Sept 2023
Albanese govt promises Italians $150M for cable for yet to be approved Marinus Link energy project
Matthew Denholm, The Australian, 5 Sept 2023
Half-size, same price Marinus Link 'preposterously expensive, unviable', says energy expert
Matthew Denholm, The Australian, 4 Sept 2023
Energy needs a contest of ideas, not a rigid central plan
Matthew Warren, Financial Review, 1 Sept 2023
Fed Govt says Snowy 2.0 still vital despite cost blowouts
Nick Grimm, ABC Radio, Listen, 30 Aug 2023
Snowy Hydro project price soars
Nick Grimm, ABC Radio, Listen, 30 Aug 2023
Marinus Link is a "critical" energy project, but now it's in doubt
Alexandra Humphries, ABC News, The World Today, 10 Aug 2023
Argument Beetaloo gas will replace coal emissions challenged
Jane Bardon, ABC News AM Radio, 10 Aug 2023
Australia's ambitious energy transition
Rhiana Whitson, ABC 7.30, 2 Aug 2023 (22 min mark, available until 1 Sept 2023)
Australia's energy transition is short-circuiting. Here's why
Jennifer Hewett, Financial Review, 3 Aug 2023
D'Ambrosio rejects 'Plan B' for Victoria's green grid
Ben Potter, Financial Review, 2 Aug 2023
Nicole Asher, ABC News/Business, 2 Aug 2023
"Shorter, cheaper, more renewables:" VNI West critics come up with a Plan B
Giles Parkinson, Renew Economy, 2 Aug 2023
Peter Hannam, The Guardian, 2 Aug 2023
Sparks fly over planned power lines across farming land
Rachel Ward, Western Advocate, 2 Aug 2023
New plan to end need for VNI West and Western Renewables Link
Peter Hunt, Courier Mail, 2 Aug 2023
The $6b plan to get the energy transition back on track
Ben Potter, Financial Review, 2 Aug 2023
Experts are warning that customers will continue to pay more for electricity
Ursula Heger, Channel 10 News, 27 July 2023 (6.3 minute mark)
Tensions emerge between state and federal governments over Australia's energy grid roadmap
Peter Hannam, The Guardian, 23 July 2023
Eraring power plant's 2025 closure 'very unlikely' amid delays to renewable projects, experts say
Alexander Lewis and Heath Parkes-Hupton, ABC News, 21 July 2023
Heavy on the rhetoric, light on facts: campaign against net zero fields familiar tropes
Graham Readfearn, The Guardian, 20 July 2023
'They will fight to the death': Farmers revolt at Victorian power plan
Ben Potter, Financial Review, 17 July 2023
Mountain flags new energy option
Loddon Herald, 17 July 2023
Why Your Power Bills Are About To Go Up
Host Claire Murphy, Mama Mia Podcast, 6 July 2023
Data centres a black box of energy use, despite being major grid consumers
Rachel Williamson, Renew Economy, 5 July 2023
Snowy 2.0 was always and 'extraordinarily risky project'
Andrew Bolt, SKY News, 4 July 2023
Federal government launches review of transmission line planning to ease community opposition
Daniel Mercer, ABC News, 4 July 2023
Australia has to stop using gas if it has any hope of achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050
Taisce Occhiuzzi, SBS World News, 19 June 2023 (Bruce Mountain at 31 minute mark. Clip available for 6 days)
Victoria comes under pressure to ban new home gas connections
Rachel Williamson, Renew Economy, 14 June 2023
Government to take over Victoria's renewables planning
Adrian Black, The Young Witness, 9 June 2023
Energy transition is trapped in 'approval quicksand'
Ben Potter, Financial Review, 7 June 2023
Emma Field and Kellie Hollingworth, ABC Rural, 30 May 2023
How much government intervention in the gas industry is beneficial to consumers
Michael McLaren interview with Bruce Mountain, 2GB, 21 May 2023
Overhead transmission lines debate rolls on
Jenny Pollard, The Buloke Times, 5 May 2023
AEMO representatives attend Wedderburn forum about VNI West
Philippe Perez, Stock & Land, 5 May 2023
Should unviable Snowy 2.0 be left as a costly hole in ground?
Nick Grimm, ABC News, 4 May 2023
Sun Cable: Why Australia's two richest men are battling to control an unbuilt solar farm
The Business, Emilia Terzon, 4 May 2023
Emilia Terzon, ABC The Business, 4 May 2023 (available until 18 May, 2023)
Snowy 2.0 could have been built for 'a fraction of the price'
Chris Kenny, Sky News, 4 May 2023
NT Govt to allow fracking to go ahead in Beetaloo Basin
Kirsten Aiken, ABC News Afternoons, 3 May 2023 (Bruce Mountain interview at 34 min mark) available to 10 May
AEMO claps back against "reckless" claims made in scathing critique of VNI West
Sophie Vorrath, Renew Economy, 26 April 2023
Could this tiny town in the Northern Territory hold the key to Australia's energy future?
Roxanne Fitzgerald, ABC News, 20 April 2023
AEMO takes to the airwaves after meeting no-show
Adrian Black, Newcastle Herald, 18 April 2023
Power outage: AEMO ignores Latrobe Valley massive transmission capacity
Peter Hunt, Mercury Hobart, 18 April 2023
Tractor convoy rolls as farmers lash powerline plan
Adrian Black, Bega District News, 17 April 2023
Blowout feared in transmission costs as energy transition worries grow
Angela Macdonald-Smith, Financial Review, 17 April 2023
Billion-dollar brawl over power lines suggests Australia's energy transition is in full swing
Daniel Mercer, ABC News, 14 April 2023
TR FM, 13 April 2023
Western Victorian major transmission projects 'monumental mistake', warn energy experts
ABC Business, 13 April 2023
"A monumental mistake:" Energy experts slam VNI West transmission plans
Amalyah Hart & Rachel Williamson, Renew Economy, 13 April 2023
Western Victorian major transmission projects 'monumental mistake', warn energy experts
Jane McNaughton, ABC News Rural, 13 April 2023
Vic's flagship transmission project a 'monumental mistake'
Angela Macdonald-Smith, Financial review, 13 April 2023
Green Career, 3 April 2023
Energy regulator urged to reconsider massive price rises
Your Life Choices, by ABC News, 31 March 2023
Power price regulator urged to reconsider 30 per cent increase to Victorian Default Offer
MSN Australia, ABC News, 30 March 2023
Jesse Thompson, ABC News At Noon, 30 March 2023 (Bruce Mountain interview at 33 minute), available until April 6
IPCC: This is the last chance to avoid catastrophe
Mike Seccombe, The Saturday Paper, 25 March 2023
Gas giant ExxonMobil warns of rapidly reducing Bass Straight supplies
Ronan Glon, MSN online, 23 March 2023
Offshore wind farms undercuts value of VNI West big build
Peter Hunt, The Weekly Times, 22 March 2023
AEMO warning of winter shortages for east coast market
Joe O'Brien, ABC News Mornings, 16 March 2023 (Bruce Mountain interview at 33 min point), available until 23 March
Most Australian states face sharp power bill rises, despite government's intervention
Peter Hannam, Paul Karp and Benita Kolovos, The Guardian, 15 March 2023
Expert urges rethink on Victorian power price rise plan
Cassandra Morgan and Callum Godde, Newcastle Herald, 15 March 2023
Nadia Daly & Lucy Kent, ABC 7.30, 9 March 2023 (Available until 8/4/23)
Energy Australia blames $1bn loss on 'unprecedented conditions' amid supply issues at coal plants
Peter Hannam, The Guardian, 28 Feb 2023
Transitioning to renewables: are we ready
Philip Clark, Presenter, Nightlife ABC Radio, 22 Feb 2023
Are we ready to transition to renewables?
Billy Cooper, ABC News, 22 Feb 2023
Greens and Labor in climate policy standoff
Bridget Fitzgerald, ABC News, 15 Feb 2023
Snowy 2.0 tunnel-boring machine grinds to halt and hole appears on surface
Ashlynne McGhee, ABC 7.30, 13 Feb 2023
Snowy Hydro: drilling confirmed halted on part of multibillion-dollar project after tunnel collapse
Peter Hannam, The Guardian, 12 Feb 2023
Power play: Can the Andrews government make the all-new SEC work?
Josh Gordon and Royce Millar, The Age, 5 Feb 2023
Victoria's new-look SEC could sell power direct to homes and businesses
Royce Millar and Josh Gordon, The Age, 4 Feb 2023
Hamish Macdonald, ABC RN, 16 Jan 2023
Sun Cable will be revived: expert
Colin Packham, Financial Review, 16 Jan 2023
Sun Cable crashes into administration
Jono Wakeley, Radio 2ser 107.3, 16 Jan 2023