Energy News Brief
The Australian Financial Review reports history will be made next week when Australia ships the world's first cargo of liquid hydrogen. Also in the paper, Energy Minister Angus Taylor follows with an op-ed. While the Herald Sun also follows the story writing hydrogen made in the Latrobe Valley will be shipped to Japan in a world-first milestone that puts Victoria at the forefront of a global market expected to be worth billions of dollars.
Latest Analysis
Year in review: Some hits, some misses
It was another year of significant developments in the energy sector ranging from carbon emission commitments from both the Federal Government and Opposition, to the start of 5 minute settlements and Victoria's new tougher requirements for retailers.
Renewables go from strength to strength
The Clean Energy Regulator's latest assessment of the carbon market has underscored the fact that renewables are going from strength to strength.
Energy preferences: What drives consumers?
Victoria’s Essential Services Commission has released its latest Victorian Energy Market Report which included a focus on a “striking consumer preference” for large energy retailers. In doing so it sought to unpick customer motivations in choosing their provider.
Finding a better energy deal: It's easy to switch
Engaging with the retail market is remarkably easy, and for people with a smart meter on the eastern seaboard of Australia, choosing a new electricity retail offer can be a simple choice.
Australian Energy Council members have access to a range of industry benefits and services.
Latest News
The cool winds of change
Energy Networks Australia (ENA) and the Australian Energy Council (AEC) have released a fact sheet explaining how the energy sector prepares for summer's extreme weather.
Latest Reports
Project Overview: A double-sided causer pays implementation of frequency deviation pricing 
An ARENA supported project sponsored by the AEC, to research and model the Double-Sided Causer Pays approach to controlling Primary Frequency Response, and also to other related slow-moving services such as those for regulation. This project will support the evaluation of DSCP by policymakers relative to other primary frequency control options.
Solar Report: Third quarter 2021
Latest data shows Australia’s solar installations continue to grow. Our latest Solar Report updates on rooftop systems across the nation and looks at the impacts of COVID-19 lockdowns on the renewables sector during the third quarter of 2021.
Inertia Ancillary Service Market Options
The Frequency Control Subgroup within the Australian Energy Council engaged MarketWise Solutions to explore some options for an inertia ancillary service market to be developed as part of the National Electricity Market.
Solar Report: Second quarter 2021
Latest data from the Clean Energy Regulator shows Australia’s solar installations continue to climb. Our latest Solar Report updates on rooftop systems across the nation, the uptake of batteries with solar, and identifies the nation's top postcodes that are leading residential solar uptake.
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Making an Energy Retail Code of Practice
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Queensland Renewable Energy Zones - Technical Discussion Paper
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Customer export curtailment value methodology
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Wholesale Electricity Market Performance Monitoring – 2022 Focus Paper
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But I must explain to you how all this mistaken idea of denouncing pleasure and praising pain was born and I will give you a complete account. #Exercitation #IIamc
But I must explain to you how all this mistaken idea of denouncing pleasure and praising pain was born and I will give you a complete account of the system, and expound the actual teachings of the great explorer. #Exercitation #IIamc
But I must explain to you how all this mistaken idea of denouncing pleasure and praising pain was born and I will give you a complete account. #Exercitation #IIamc