The Latest Breaking News on Energy

Ministers looking at plan for state-backed deficit fund to pay for energy bill price freeze

Prices soared on Monday after Russia announced it was shutting the Nord Stream 1 pipeline for three days of maintenance.

Drill, which involves deciding which customers would have to cut gas use in a crisis, will run for four days instead of two

As energy boss warns consumers face a ‘dramatic’ winter

Senior Tories rule out asking households to reduce energy use despite planning for winter blackouts

Study reveals Australia last on list of energy program signatory nations, as defence minister says government ‘very much’ looking into issue

Tanya Plibersek knocks back a request to exempt an energy project in southern Queensland from assessment against environmental laws, saying she is "not satisfied" it is in the national interest.

The First Minister will meet representatives from power companies and consumer organisations.

Australian mining company South32 has announced it will not proceed with a plan to extend its Dendrobium coal mine beneath Sydney's drinking water catchment.

Counting the billions in power rebuild

Record growth in renewables, representing over 80% of all new power-generating capacity last year, is the clearest sign yet that the energy transition is gathering pace. But recent events have shown that unplugging the current energy system before we have built a sufficiently robust alternative puts both economic and climate…