The owner of the only privately-owned coal-fired power station in the state has been handed a $5 million fine by the Economic Regulation Authority for breaching market rules.
The Economic Regulation Authority has accused Alinta of charging for electricity at prices beyond the state's market rules, alleging a $66 million market impact over nine months.
Synergy has been slapped with a compliance notice after the state-owned gas and electricity provider reported overcharging almost $2.3 million to thousands of customers.
The Economic Regulation Authority has ticked off a 57 per cent increase to the benchmark reserve capacity price for electricity producers supporting the state's main grid from 2027.
The deadline for a paper guiding Western Power's infrastructure planning from July 2027 has been pushed out by 12 months, less than a week before it was due to be published.
The Economic Regulation Authority has decided to increase gas network tariffs by 7.8 per cent over the next five years, impacting more than 800,000 homes and businesses.
Ian Campbell has reiterated his view that WA is at the forefront of decarbonsation and applauded the Premier for moving in the right direction on approvals.
ATCO has doubled down on its calls for accelerated depreciation across its WA gas pipeline network, despite an earlier knock back from the Economic Regulation Authority.
A proposed doubling of a cap applied to energy prices has been met with calls for change by industry players, in a series of submissions to the Economic Regulation Authority.
The Economic Regulation Authority is hopeful a new Western Power process introduced this week will clear a backlog of large customer connections to the utility's network.
Synergy has revealed it breached its licence almost 100 times between February last year and April 2024, by failing to properly handle contact details for 68 customers using life support equipment.
The state's energy market regulator has pushed back on a request for almost $100 million in additional funds from energy market participants to run the state's wholesale electricity market.
Government utility Western Power has defended large forecast hikes to discontinued tariffs still applied to some business customers, as it continues moves to reform its product offering.
The Australian Energy Market Operator has asked for almost $100 million to be added to its budgetary allowance, funded by market participants, as it grapples energy transition expenses.
The rules which help track the state's natural gas supply-demand balance were breached almost 110 times in the last two years, the Economic Regulation Authority has revealed.
The Economic Regulation Authority has told the state's domestic gas inquiry it would be open to a role in the administration of a domestic gas policy but would need a clear mandate to be involved.
A group representing the interests of the state's biggest gas users wants the Economic Regulation Authority to monitor domestic supply, a government inquiry has heard.
Synergy has struck an agreement with the Economic Regulation Authority to pay a sum of $30 million back to residential customers for contraventions of electricity pricing over more than a year.
The Economic Regulation Authority has knocked back a proposal by Western Power to jack up street light costs that would likely have been passed on to residents.
The government body that operates the wholesale energy market in WA has applied for a 76 per cent increase in capital spending after underestimating the complexity of market reforms.
A move to lift electricity network costs by nearly 8 per cent annually until 2027 has been approved, six months after the plan was revealed by Business News.
Power network tariffs could rise by almost 8 per cent annually for four years, according to a draft regulatory decision, but the impact on customers is unclear.
Alinta Energy has warned Western Power's proposed regulatory deal could lead to higher electricity prices and favour rooftop solar ahead of utility-scale renewables.
Transformers that could explode, a 38 per cent rise in bushfires and increased chances of a system blackout are key risks identified by Western Power, Business News can reveal.
Whatever the findings of Michelle Shepherd's report into summer power outages, due to be delivered today, Western Power will be embarking on a massive capital investment program.
Our weekly appointments wrap includes Tania Cheng, Byron Watson, Michele Villa, Stephen Edwell, Stephen Unerkov, Debra Osborn, Pierce McMahon, Reece McMahon, Adam Rompotis, Marcus Solomon and Kerry McCurdy.
Consumers are paying more for drinks after the introduction of WA's container deposit scheme but the economic regulator says the price increases are reasonable.
The state's economic regulator is working out how best to balance a need for storage on the electricity grid against concerns Western Power could gain an anti-competitive advantage.
