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No need to panic or cut your energy usage over 'power shortages', No10 tells public

Downing Street sought to reassure worried households after a week of grim headlines about gas supplies and spiralling prices when cold weather sets in

Daily Mirror

Discounts on cooking gas and power tariff

The Energy Policy Administration Committee (Epac) on Monday agreed to extend a subsidy for cooking gas for social welfare beneficiaries and assistance for household electricity bills until the end of this year.

Bangkok Post

How to reform Tamil Nadu’s ailing power sector

The mess that the State’s power sector has been plunged into cannot be solved without innovative financial remodelling

The Hindu

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China's Sichuan extends power curbs until Aug.25 as heatwave drags on

China's scorched southwestern regions extended curbs on power consumption on Monday as they deal with dwindling hydropower output and surging household electricity demand during a long drought and heatwave.

Reuters

People could be paid to not use high-energy appliances during peak hours

The National Grid Electricity System Operator is set to announce plans to reward consumers for easing the strain on the power grid

Chronicle Live

The Rainbow Tearoom in Feeny, Co Derry became a hub for the village and the surrounding community

Belfast Live

Beer prices expected to rise as hop production hit by drought

Brewers have already been hit by huge cost increases for malt, electricity and carbon dioxide

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Price of beer expected to rise as drought conditions hit crucial hop production

Merchants warn that hop growers have been hit by high temperatures and lack of rain, so breweries already facing higher electricity, carbon dioxide and malt costs will have to increase prices

Daily Mirror

Octopus Energy CEO warns worst rises yet to come as firm slashes bills in HALF for some

Greg Jackson warned of a "fossil fuel crisis" in an email to Octopus Energy customers, saying global gas prices are around eight times higher due to Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine

Daily Mirror

Gas and electricity bills could hit £6,000 for first time ever in grim forecast

Energy prices are set to more than triple next April from an already record level, according to a forecast that will worry millions of families

Daily Mirror

Assam govt. to provide ₹250 more to 'Orunodoi' beneficiaries for electricity bill payments: CM Himanta

Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said the fixed additional amount will be given from October to beneficiaries of the 'Orunodoi’ scheme

The Hindu

Solar panels: how to fix your energy bills while the sun shines

Demand goes through the roof as struggling British households try to tackle soaring electricity prices

The Guardian - UK

‘I am not blaming anyone’: Estonians shrug off 23% inflation

Those in Europe’s inflation hotspot remain calm about rising prices, but a lack of government intervention could fuel further increases – and discontent

The Guardian - UK

Energy CEO slams 'bonkers' rule preventing 'cheaper electricity' for millions

Greg Jackson believes that the United Kingdom has an old and outdated way of running its energy market

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Older people 'can't cope' with winter energy price hikes

The cost of living crisis has already slashed the spending power of a pensioner by €600 this year

The Independent UK

Swiss ski resorts may have to shut lifts to save on energy

Government may order operators to cut electricity usage by a fifth

ABC News

Australia's energy crisis makes winners out of fossil fuel exporters and losers of everyone else, expert says

Record high energy prices are proving to be no picnic for the country's biggest power providers. So who is 'making out like a bandit'?

Glasgow Live

Urgent warning issued to households considering cancelling energy bill payments

Experts have told energy users what happens if they decide to stop direct debits for gas and electricity usage, if they simply cannot afford the prices of energy in today's climate.

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The Hindu

Karnataka govt. will clear pending power dues: Sunil Kumar

Karnataka among 13 States barred from buying or selling electricity from spot market owing to uncleared dues

The Guardian - UK

‘Lost generation’: small businesses folding across UK as energy bills land

Jobs disappear and high streets decimated as growing number of traders are forced to shut due to higher costs

InsideEVs

Ford F-150 Lightning: How Much Does It Cost To Charge?

We examine how much it costs to charge the Ford F-150 Lightning, based on home charging electricity rates, as well as on public charging networks.

Radio France Internationale

UN chief Guterres visits Odesa, calls for full access to Ukrainian grain

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says more needs to be done to ensure full global access to Ukrainian food products and Russian food and fertilisers on a visit to the Black Sea port of Odesa.

Tribune News Service

War-hit Ukraine atomic plant poses risks to Europe’s energy grid

Diplomats concerned about an atomic accident at a war-damaged nuclear power plant in Ukraine should also turn their attention to a larger and looming danger, according to engineers who study critical infrastructure.

Reuters

UN chief says electricity at Russian-held nuclear plant belongs to Ukraine

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Friday that electricity generated at the Russian-held nuclear power plant in Ukraine's southern region of Zaporizhzhia belonged to Ukraine and demanded that principle be fully respected.

Reason

The Biggest Obstacle To Building Offshore Wind Farms Is Government

America gets about 42 megawatts of power from offshore wind. Another 18,000 megawatts are currently tied up in permitting battles.

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