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Now they want to charge households for exporting solar electricity to the grid — it’ll send the system backwards

 Picture: Shuttlestock It’s come to this. The Australian Energy Markets Commission has produced a draft decision that will make households and small business with solar panels pay...

Energy giants want to thwart reforms that would help renewables and lower power bills

Image: Darren England/AAP Australia’s energy market is outdated. It doesn’t encourage competition and that’s holding back the transition to renewable energy. Important reforms to modernise the market...

Australia’s energy woes will not be solved by reinforcing a monopoly

Australia’s energy market has a logjam, Sean Davis/Flickr The possibility of blackouts affecting half of Victoria has attracted plenty of attention to a document...

We need a national renewables approach, or some states – like NSW – will miss out

In the absence of federal policy, states are pursing their own renewable targets. Karsten Würth/Unsplash Australia’s primary federal renewable energy target – to have 33 terawatts...

Wind and solar cut rather than boost Australia’s wholesale electricity prices

Power failure. It’s gas, not wind, that’s pushing up electricity prices. Shutterstock Wholesale prices in the National Electricity Market have climbed significantly in recent years....
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Mick created TAGG - The Alternative Gig Guide in 1979 with Helmut Katterl, the world's first real Street Magazine. He had been involved with his fathers publishing business, Toorak Times and associated publications since 1972.  Mick was also involved in Melbourne's music scene for a number of years opening venues, discovering and managing bands and providing information and support for the industry. Mick has also created a number of local festivals and is involved in not for profit and supporting local charities.