The Latest Breaking News from Electricity

How the Ukraine war, ageing coal, Covid restrictions and winter combined to create the ‘perfect storm’ in the power market

Australia’s energy market operator has just suspended the National Electricity market. That means instead of the price for wholesale electricity being set competitively, the market operator (AEMO) sets fixed prices and will take a greater role in directing which power stations generate energy and when.

Electricity generators have been labelled "greedy" and "opportunistic" by a small power company, in a blistering attack on the industry.

Australian Energy Market Operator suspends spot market after it became ‘impossible to operate’ amid projected energy shortfalls

The electricity market operator takes the extraordinary step of suspending the spot market for wholesale electricity. AEMO chief executive Daniel Westerman says suspending the market will simplify operations of the electricity market.

When the demand for electricity is set to exceed supply, power can be cut to some areas in a process known as load shedding. Here is what you need to know to get you up to speed.

Queenslanders have avoided power outages as the federal energy regulator takes control of the wholesale national supply market.

For decades, European industry relied on Russia to supply low-cost oil and natural gas that kept the continent's factories humming.

Electricity supply on Australia's east coast is under major pressure.