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Energy giant launches electric vehicle subscriptions

One of Australia's biggest energy firms will launch a subscription car service to get more EVs on the road and offer some customers free power to fuel them.

AAP

Regulated power prices set to surge 'at least 20 per cent' this winter as energy bill reprieve ends

Benchmark power prices are tipped to rise by more than 20 per cent within months, as the enormous costs from last year's energy crisis flow through to consumers' bills.

ABC News

Coal power stations on standby to prevent blackouts start generating

TWO coal-fired power stations which had been placed on “standby” during the energy crisis have begun producing electricity for UK homes for the…

The National (Scotland)

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Family light candles and switch off all electrical devices during paid energy saving trial

Ryoko Scott and her family have been taking part in the National Grid's Demand Flexibility Service with their energy provider Octopus.

Daily Record

MeacoDry Arete One review: does the dehumidifier live up to the hype?

Tackle damp and mould without exponential electricity bills

Evening Standard

Five ways people working from home can adjust their set-up to keep energy bills down this year

Making a few changes to your home workstation could help keep electricity bills down.

Daily Record

People off-grid can now apply for £200 Alternative Fuel Payment as portal opens

Most payments were made automatically in February to those using oil, coal, LPG and biomass to heat their homes.

Daily Record

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National Grid puts backup coal plants into action for first time this winter

Two units at EDF’s West Burton A plant in Nottinghamshire began producing power on Tuesday

The Guardian - UK

State-owned electricity generation firm ‘could save Britons nearly £21bn a year’

Analysis by thinktank Common Wealth bolsters Labour’s case to launch national energy company

The Guardian - UK

Monday's hot westerlies set power record for March as temperatures soar

Heat sets electricity consumption record

Newcastle Herald

NSW heatwave drives highest demand for power in three years

Electricity grid ‘held up well’ as state’s residents required 13,136 megawatts on third-hottest March day on record

The Guardian - AU

Hotels and motels fill up with Kentuckians still waiting for power restoration

Hotel and motel operators, particularly in the central portion of Kentucky, have been busier than usual for early March. Extended power outages prompted many Kentucky families to find a room with electricity.

WEKU

Queensland to spend $5b on electricity transmission project

The Queensland government has taken over the planned CopperString 2.0 project to build an 1100km electricity transmission line from Townsville to the northwest.

The New Daily

Queensland government buys $5 billion CopperString 2.0 to connect north-west to national electricity grid

Promised for years, the 1,100-kilometre overhead transmission line will transmit electricity from the North-West Minerals Province to the grid near Townsville.

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AAP

Qld to spend $5b to link northwest to the national grid

The Queensland government has taken over the planned CopperString 2.0 project to build an 1100km electricity transmission line from Townsville to the northwest.

Daily Mirror

Family live by candlelight and switch off computers during energy-saving trial

Ryoko Scott, 53, signed up for the National Grid's Demand Flexibility Service to help reduce the need to turn to coal power

Dynamite News

NTPC registered nearly 12 percent growth in electricity generation

State-owned power giant NTPC on has logged nearly 12 per cent growth in electricity generation. Read further on Dynamite News

The Independent UK

South African leader grapples with ever-worsening power cuts

South Africa’s ever-worsening power crisis — putting homes and businesses without electricity for up to 10 hours per day — is strangling Africa’s most developed economy

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Tribune News Service

A stunning new way to view Niagara Falls

NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario, Canada – The grandeur of Niagara Falls keeps tourists seeking new and better views of the natural wonder — and it’s easy to find them. On both the U.S. and Canadian sides of the river, you can gaze from lookouts, boat tours, a bridge, towers with wide…

Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh mum threatened with legal action after electricity bill shot up to £2,000

The single mum of four is still paying off debt from Christmas in 2021 and says she receives no support from any of her children's dads leaving her alone to juggle all the bills and feeling extremely stressed.

The Times of India

Car rams into electricity poles in Tamil Nadu's Trichy city

TRICHY: A man driving a car under the influence of alcohol had rammed two electric poles before coming to a halt on an arterial road near Trichy central bus stand in Cantonment on Sunday evening.

Daily Record

SNP’s Ian Blackford claimed debt collection agency bill on expenses over unpaid energy bill

Documents show the debt was racked up over a payment for the electricity bill at the constituency office.

Tribune News Service

More than 200K without power in Michigan after second winter storm in a week

DETROIT — A second winter storm in a week knocked out electricity to more than 200,000 customers of DTE Energy, including ones who lost power in the first storm.

Dublin Live

Save €400 on your electricity by making one appliance change

One of the "biggest" and "most unknown" energy saving tips would be to check how long you've had an appliance

The Canberra Times

'We don't fit all the rules': Businesses look for electrification pathway

The ACT government has taken the next step in its plan to switch off gas, calling for feedback on proposed legislation to ban new gas connections.

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