Renewables push to hike energy prices for millions

Renewables push to hike energy prices for millions

The ‘messy middle’ of Australia’s energy transition could leave power bills orders of magnitude higher as the cost of constructing transmission soars.

Renewable Push Sends Aussie Electricity Prices Skyrocketing

Energy and Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen blames householders for not shopping around for the cheapest deal.

Renewables surge in AEMO report - Ecogeneration

Image: Ezume Images/stock.adobe.comGrid-scale solar, rooftop PV, wind and batteries have all hit new quarterly records. The Australian Energy Market Operator’s latest Quarterly Energy Dynamics report shows that in the first three months of 2025, renewable energy provided 43 per cent of supply to the National Electricity Market (NEM). This is the highest first-quarter share for renewables in the NEM’s 25-year history. That uplift was driven by ne…

Bang! Price bomb sinks Transmission lines: Plan B says let’s pretend cars, home solar and batteries will save “Transition” « JoNova

By Jo Nova The Transmission line cost bomb just went off and it changes everything This is big. So big the AEMO just announced transmission line costs are up as much as 55%, and they are going to re-visit projects they previously said needed to proceed (which is the nice way of saying they will have to axe some or many of them). What no one is spelling out, is that if the transmission lines can’t be built, they also can’t build the vast solar and

Punished by green ideology, stuck in energy poverty

This article was originally published in The Australian on or about 26 May 2025 and was written by the author in their capacity as a contributor for that publication.  It has been republished on the IPA website with permission. The views expressed are those of the author alone. To purchase your tickets to the Robert Bryce tour, click the thumbnail, or button below. Buy tickets here When it comes to resources, Australia is the Saudi Arabia of t…