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Flood warnings as heavy rains fall across Tasmania, threatening to break records for August

It is not official yet, but weather experts say Sunday's heavy rains across Tasmania look to have broken records for all-time biggest downpours in a number of locations.

ABC News

UK power sector to ‘wargame’ energy rationing amid threat of days-long blackouts

Exclusive: Industry insiders are preparing for energy rationing measures, and the government has discussed the risk of mass non-payment of bills

The Independent UK

Climate bill: Could coal communities shift to nuclear?

A major economic bill headed to the president has “game-changing” incentives for the nuclear energy industry, experts say, and those tax credits are even more substantial if a facility is sited in a community with a coal plant that's closing

The Independent UK

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Subsidies on power will continue: Power Secretary

Alok Kumar says State governments will have the discretion to continue

The Hindu

BEST case: Maharashtra minister Mangal Prabhat Lodha, Legislative Assembly speaker Rahul Narvekar face draft charges

MUMBAI: Draft charges were submitted on Friday in a case allegedly involving assembly speaker Rahul Narvekar and state minister Mangal Prabhat Lodha for assembling with others at BEST Bhavan to protest against a hike in electricity bill during the Covid lockdown in 2020.

The Times of India

Household solar cuts power bills, anxiety

Solar-fitted households are riding out the energy crisis with low bills, and most would add a battery to their clean energy arsenal if helped by a subsidy.

AAP

California could lend PG&E $1.4 billion to save Diablo Canyon nuclear plant

A last-minute proposal from Gov. Gavin Newsom could keep the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant open through 2035, a decade beyond its current closure date — in part by giving owner Pacific Gas & Electric Co. a $1.4-billion forgivable loan.

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Congress assures loan waiver, free electricity to farmers, if voted to power in Gujarat

Assembly elections are due by year-end in Gujarat

The Hindu

Huge emergency response after car ploughs into house

The incident caused 'significant' structural damage, firefighters have confirmed

Manchester Evening News

Trade-offs needed to keep NZ's lights on

The scientist who thought up the Lake Onslow pumped-hydro scheme, known as the NZ Battery Project, sees bigger potential than just a dry-year stopgap.

Newsroom.co.nz

Hungarians protest at looser logging rules to tackle energy crunch

Thousands of Hungarians protested outside parliament on Friday against an easing of logging rules to meet increased demand for firewood as a result of surging gas and electricity prices.

Reuters

DWP update on when £400 energy bill boost will be issued

All domestic electricity customers will receive the boost

Nottingham Post

Nuke or no nuke? California officials ponder nuclear future

The California Energy Commission is holding a three-hour workshop focused on the state’s power needs and what role the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant might have in maintaining reliable electricity in the climate change era

The Independent UK

Labour will cut energy bills for 4million poorest Brits feeding the meter, Rachel Reeves says

The £46-a-year intervention from Labour - or £100 a year from January - comes as Keir Starmer faces mounting calls to set out the party's vision - and help for the poorest Brits

Daily Mirror

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The Independent UK

‘All hands on deck’ as major Toronto power outage leaves thousands without electricity

Shops and restaurants across Canadian capital forced to shut, while country’s immigration minister was trapped in elevator

Asharq Al-Awsat

Egypt to Ration Electricity to Boost Gas Exports

Egypt's cabinet has approved a plan to ration electricity to save natural gas that it will instead divert to the export market to generate foreign currency, it said on Thursday. Egypt has suffered from an acute foreign currency shortage since Russia's February invasion of Ukraine, which pushed up global commodity…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iraq Extends Lebanon Fuel Deal for One Year

Iraq's government has agreed to continue supplying Lebanon's electricity company with heavy fuel oil for another year, Lebanon's caretaker prime minister said on Thursday, alleviating pressure on Lebanon's struggling power grid. Najib Mikati said he had made the request to Iraq's Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi, who agreed to extend the…

The Hindu

Will Harivansh remain Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman after JD(U)-BJP split?

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The Independent UK

UK meets energy firms but no help yet for hard-hit consumers

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and senior ministers have held inconclusive talks with energy companies amid mounting pressure to help people cope with soaring gas and electricity prices

InsideEVs

Latest Union Of Concerned Scientists Report: EVs Really Are Cleaner

All tech has environmental impacts, and even “zero-emission” cars create carbon emissions, but it's important not to believe the anti-EV crowd's misinformation.

The Guardian - UK

What is a windfall tax and will it be extended to UK energy providers?

Explainer: Up to £4bn could be raised from levy on electricity generators, but ministers are rowing back on idea

Daily Record

Ambitious Lanarkshire wind farm extension sees first new turbine installed

The project is an extension of the current 26-turbine Kype Muir site which lies south of Strathaven.

The Guardian - UK

Tell us: how do you remember the electricity blackouts in Britain in the 1970s?

We’re interested in people’s memories of the power cuts in the UK during the early 1970s

Daily Record

Households warned to pay energy bills or face 'ending up in the courts'

Holly Mackay, founder of website Boring Money, warned households that large energy firms will come after people if they refuse to pay for gas and electricity over the coming months.

Daily Mirror

Energy bill calculator: See how much your gas and electricity could rise by this winter

To help you understand how much your monthly energy bill could rise by this winter, The Mirror has created an interactive calculator which takes into account the October price cap rate

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