Regulator may take action against three energy retailers over alleged misuse of Centrepay system
Australian Energy Regulator weighs up enforcement options against AGL, Origin and Ergon Energy after landmark court win
August 2024
Origin Energy posts near one-third jump in profit after steep rise in Australians’ electricity bills
Consumer watchdog urges crackdown on businesses using Centrepay to cause financial harm
June 2024
Origin Energy wrongly took $2.5m from nearly 3,000 ex-customers via Centrepay
Figures revealed in Senate hearing as Services Australia says the money, taken from welfare payments under the debit scheme, is being returned
March 2024
Second energy firm wrongly received money from welfare payments under Centrepay scheme
Energy giant wrongly received thousands from welfare payments of former customers under Centrelink scheme
February 2024
Ten of Australia’s top companies lack clear plans to stop using or supporting fossil fuels, report says
UTS researchers say firms including Coles, Woolworths, Telstra, Rio Tinto and Qantas have no ‘comprehensive, independently verified and fully costed plan’ to reduce emissions
Half a million Victorian homes without electricity and trains cancelled as storm causes issues at state’s largest coal-fired plant
Authorities working to ‘get Victorians back online as quickly as possible’, state’s energy minister says
AGL Energy posts $576m half-year profit as it rejects accusations of price gouging consumers
The company’s CEO says he’s ‘acutely aware of the cost of living pressures both our customers and the broader community is under’
December 2023
AGL to start building grid-scale battery on site of former Liddell coal-fired power plant
Company hails battery ‘another significant milestone in AGL’s decarbonisation pathway and the transition of its energy portfolio’
August 2023
AGL agrees to keep Victoria’s Loy Yang A power station available until mid-2035
Deal with Victorian government includes $50m to support ‘orderly retirement’ of coal-fired plant to provide certainty to workers, the community and industry
November 2022
AGL to close South Australia’s main gas power station, citing new grid link and cheaper renewables
After Mike Cannon-Brookes’ shake-up, AGL now faces the challenge of pivoting away from power stations
Tristan Edis
Mike Cannon-Brookes succeeds in shaking up AGL board
AGL shareholders will speak this week – and Australia’s energy market will be listening
September 2022
Amid rush to exit coal, AGL’s challenges are only just beginning
Energy retailer says it will need to find $20bn to meet its raised goal of adding 12 gigawatts of new wind and solar plants and storage by 2036
AGL will close Victoria’s coal-fired power station Loy Yang A a decade early
Energy company accelerates its exit from coal, although timeline for closure of Bayswater in the NSW Hunter Valley remains unchanged
Mike Cannon-Brookes to back new AGL board members in bid to clean up climate polluter
Tech billionaire will support four independent non-executive directors to transform the company
August 2022
Australian electricity companies not reducing emissions in line with Paris agreement goals, study finds
AGL, EnergyAustralia and Origin among businesses study says not on track to meet global climate goals to limit heating to well below 2C
July 2022
Shop around, switch things off and seal the gaps: a renter’s guide to energy efficiency
For renters, who can’t make big changes such as solar installations, there are still lots of ways to reduce your energy bill and stay warm
