News Articles for Australian Energy Market Operator

Alcoa has slashed alumina production following a big disruption to the state's gas supply, but Energy Minister Bill Johnston is confident the power grid will keep running.

Rapid approvals proposed for green energy projects should also be available to gas producers, the industry has said, as a major shortage of the fuel is forecast for WA.

Almost a quarter of WA's gas needs could be unmet in 10 years, the market operator has warned, while a smaller shortage looms as soon as 2023.

Revealed: New numbers offer the clearest picture yet inside Griffin Coal's finances, with liquidators suspecting the miner may have been insolvent for two years before its September collapse.

ANALYSIS: There are warnings price caps may worsen shortages as Australia's energy mess looks set to get worse.

A plan promising a cap on gas and coal prices, potential subsidies for miners, and $1.5 billion for households, has been labelled a “radical intervention” by industry.

WA's DomGas Alliance has hit out at suggestions the state's gas should be used to fix an east coast energy crisis.

The market operator says it is confident Western Australia will have enough power to get through summer, but wants to be prepared for an emergency.

Senior journalist Claire Tyrrell talks about climate risks in the building industry and discusses highlights from her recent conversation with Garry Brown-Neaves.

Investment in long-term gas projects will only be forthcoming if the appropriate abatement solutions are found.

The power market operator AEMO has released a roadmap for the sector as it continues to transition to more renewable and gas energy sources.

Energy storage, including pumped hydro, has become a critical ingredient in WA's energy transition.

The Domestic Gas Reservation Policy is not always loved, but it's a settled and predictable part of the landscape.

The Australian Energy Market Operator has outlined a staged approach to restoring the national energy market following its intervention last week.

Energy regulators have put forward a "capacity mechanism" that would pay generators to guarantee supply to an evolving national grid, similar to the scheme already in effect in Western Australia.

A report by WA's independent energy market operator has highlighted the need for new investment to avoid a predicted shortfall in the sector's capacity in 2025.

Peter Dutton remains open to having a cooperative relationship with Mark McGowan despite the premier having just last month called his intelligence into question.

Energy sector players have broadly backed plans by federal, state and territory governments to work together to stabilise Australia's power sources.

The government will consider using whatever mechanisms are available to counter constrained gas supply on the east coast as price hikes begin to bite.

Rising international fuel prices and outages at Australia's coal-fired power plants are pushing wholesale electricity costs up, the market operator has warned.

Energy companies could soon be forced to give more notice before they close under a proposal from the federal government.

A development application for the West Erregulla gas project in the Mid West has been lodged, ahead of a potential tightening of the domgas market.

The state could have a shortage of gas production for the domestic market as soon as 2025, driven by reserve downgrades at the Reindeer and Macedon fields.

A Western Australian pilot project testing the performance of rooftop solar has been awarded $8.6 million in funding from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency.

Woodside Petroleum lured a self-confessed ‘tech geek' from NASA to head its hydrogen plans, including a $1 billion-plus proposal for a Perth export hub.

The state's main power grid will likely face operational security issues by 2024, later than previously expected.

WA is ideally placed to secure reliable renewable energy from offshore wind farms.

Government intervention in energy markets has grown in recent years, with winners chosen potentially at the expense of consumers.

Rooftop solar uptake could grow by 8 per cent a year in the next decade, while household batteries are proving popular in the western suburbs.

The federal energy minister has launched a strident defence of gas, claiming those against expanding the fossil fuel's role in Australia are against the interests of the nation.

With bushfire smoke covering Perth and minimal wind, the state's coal power generators ran at full capacity for a period in Tuesday afternoon's sweltering heat.

LNG & Domgas: $US11 billion projects set for 2021 approval; AEMO says domgas sufficient until 2026; Kirkup sticks with onshore export ban.

A future Labor government will pump more than $6 billion into child care, cutting costs for almost all families and allowing more women to return to work.

The WA government needs to protect the state's power networks, with rooftop PV systems in the crosshairs.

A move to replace the scheme paying homeowners for rooftop solar with a new model to protect the grid from overloading has been welcomed by industry.

The feed-in-tariff for rooftop solar will be replaced with a payment for supplying power in the later hours of the afternoon, the government will announce next week.

Peak electricity demand is forecast to fall in Western Australia across the next 10 years for the first time, according to the Australian Energy Market Operator.

Businesses are facing a challenge locking in gas contracts for major projects in Western Australia, including Coogee's planned $1 billion Burrup Peninsula methanol plant, which the company is now pursuing without partner Wesfarmers.

Chevron and Newcrest have signed a supply deal for 16 petajoules of domestic gas until 2023, while a new analysis of the state's gas market says the Scarborough and Browse developments are necessary to ensure sufficient supply.

Shares in Decmil closed down 9 per cent today after the Perth-based contractor said it was facing a delay in payment of about $14 million owing from its work on the Sunraysia solar project in New South Wales.