The Latest Breaking News from Electricity

From July 1, customers will pay on average around €3.05 more a week for electricity and up to €4.65 for gas

The Chamber of Commerce and Industry Queensland has called for rebates and interventions to shield the state's businesses from surging electricity prices.

Proposed change has given rise to fear that it will result in higher power bills

Iraq's Electricity Ministry says the country will face power shortages after crucial energy supplies from Iran were cut over non-payment

The Consumer Council said the "significant rise will result in an increase of £372 per year to the gas bill of a household with a credit meter

When we queried this with our energy supplier, OVO, it produced a revised figure – of £52,000

The Queensland government can intervene to shield households and businesses from bill shock and ensure small electricity retailers stay afloat, an analyst says.

As the developed world demands emissions cuts, the continent’s leaders are asking whether it is possible to industrialise on green energy alone

Australia is on the "precipice" of a UK-style energy crisis that could send many of its power retailers broke and fuel a surge of households unable to pay their bills, a leading expert has warned.

Asserting that mining of cryptocurrencies in Russia accounts for more than 2% of the total volume of energy consumed in the country, more than the electricity being used for agriculture, Vasily Shpak, Deputy Head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade said the sector needs to be regulated.

A recent government estimate shows that nearly 2% of the total electricity consumption in Russia goes into crypto mining.