Power and Water network charges debate sparks power price uncertainty
The Northern Territory Utilities Commission has indicated it would approve a 43 per cent increase in the networks charge component of electricity bills later this year.
View ArticlePower and Water split still on despite $41m profit
Treasurer Dave Tollner says the planned separation of Power and Water will go ahead and tariffs will rise despite the corporation posting a profit.
View ArticleDarwin spends the day sweltering without electricity
An Australian capital city in the tropics went without electricity for more than half a day today. The Northern Territory Government has promised to investigate the cause of this morning's Darwin power...
View ArticleClaiming compensation for yesterday's blackout
People in Darwin affected by Tuesday's long power blackout are being urged to contact insurers and Power and Water with any compensation claims.
View ArticleBlackout stirs fears power system could not cope with cyclone emergency
Northern Territory Treasurer Dave Tollner says there is no guarantee yesterday's blackout across the Top End will not happen again. The blackout that left parts of the Top End without power for up to...
View ArticleElderly decry lack of action during blackout
A 61-year-old woman in a government-run seniors village says she could have faced a disaster after her breathing machine shut down in a recent blackout and no-one came to check on them.
View ArticleNorthern Territory Government yet to release independent report into Top End...
The Northern Territory Government says it has pushed back the release date of a report into a major Top End blackout last month.
View ArticlePower blackout: $80 credit on bills for those affected
About 60,000 households that had their electricity power cut in last month's blackout will have an $80 credit included on their next power bill.
View ArticleBlackout report: Tollner slams Power and Water Corporation for 'slack' work...
The Power and Water Corporation has admitted last month's electricity blackout across the Top End was partly due to human error.
View ArticleCircuit breaker replacements could cause Darwin outages: Tollner
Northern Territory Treasurer Dave Tollner has warned replacing the circuit breakers at the substation that caused the Darwin blackout in March could cause more power outages while the work is...
View ArticleDarwin Cup day gas cut: Origin apologises for Waterfront 'supply error'
Energy supplier Origin has apologised to businesses and residents at Darwin's Waterfront precinct for a gas supply error that forced several restaurants to close on Darwin Cup day.
View ArticleDarwin returning to normal after power blackouts due to gas pipeline problem
Power problems that have been sweeping across Darwin suburbs are ending, with buses, schools and public buildings expected to operate normally on Friday. The Northern Territory Government expected...
View ArticleGiles announces review after gas supply problem causes Darwin power blackouts
The Chief Minister says the review will consider "elements" of the utility gas supply contract.
View ArticleDarwin drivers demand less talk, more action in response to fuel price summit
Darwin's disgruntled drivers are demanding less talk and more action as the Territory's Chief Minister Adam Giles prepares for next month's summit on the city's notoriously high petrol prices.
View ArticleNorthern Territory's electricity retailer set to change 'annoying' solar...
The CEO of Jacana Energy says the Territory's electricity retailer is working on changes to its "annoying" and "confusing" new solar credits system.
View ArticleFuel price drop at Darwin service station result of government pressure, NT...
Northern Territory Chief Minister Adam Giles has heralded a three cent per litre drop in a type of petrol sold at a Darwin service station as evidence his government's efforts to reduce fuel prices are...
View ArticleElectricity prices could rise during peak times under PWC proposal
The way electricity prices are set in the NT should move from a flat rate to a floating one that changes every half an hour, according to the head of Power and Water Corporation.
View ArticleNT Budget 2015: Treasurer Dave Tollner flags cut to electricity prices in...
Northern Territory Treasurer Dave Tollner, who is preparing to unveil the 2015-16 Budget on Tuesday, says there may be a reduction in electricity prices in coming months.
View ArticleScott Morrison tightens foreign investment rules in wake of Darwin Port 'sale'
The Federal Treasurer announces a tightening of the nation's foreign investment rules in the wake of the controversial "sale" of the Port of Darwin to a Chinese company.
View ArticleMelbourne wool processor fears soaring gas prices will wipe out this year's...
A Melbourne-based wool processor says soaring gas prices are likely to wipe out any profits it will make this year.
View ArticleFarmers and gas companies have long fought over CSG and fracking but National...
National Farmers Federation calls for energy solution, but farmers fighting coal seam gas fear it will be at their expense.
View ArticleNT Government defends $250k payment to energy company ConocoPhillips for gas...
Northern Territory Chief Minister Michael Gunner says partnering with the private sector is vital to help create jobs, after his Government made a payment to energy giant ConocoPhillips for a...
View ArticleAustralia's first battery 'gigafactory' considered for Darwin
An Australian company announces a bold plan to build Australia's first "gigafactory" in Darwin, producing custom-made lithium-ion batteries for large-scale energy storage.
View ArticleWhy hasn't Darwin embraced solar power to help locals reduce their power bills?
The cost, the demographics, the weather: what's causing the NT to lag behind other states in terms of solar power uptake?
View ArticleDarwin homes left without power after Berrimah substation explosion
Up to 4,700 Darwin homes were without power after an electrical explosion at a major substation that also left a worker with burns to his arm and leg.
View ArticleBattery storage proponents despondent about future under National Energy...
Battery storage for renewable energy may be too expensive under the Federal Government's new energy policy, the industry says.
View ArticleTerritory Generation broke, will push for power price increases to cover costs
On the final business day before Christmas, the NT Government announces it has sacked the board of Territory Generation, appointed an interim board, and releases a damning report on the ailing...
View ArticleWorld's second-most powerful battery after Tesla mooted for Top End
The Northern Territory could become home to the world's second-most powerful storage battery after Tesla's lithium ion battery in South Australia after Territory Generation released an expression of...
View ArticlePower restored to Darwin homes after cyclone
Power and Water have worked through the night to restore electricity to homes across Darwin affected by Cyclone Helen.
View ArticleCoal industry grapples with change and the challenges of transition
A proposal for a new coal tax this week was the latest idea in the debate about whether the coal industry needs to transition. But what is a coal transition and why is it so bitterly contested?
View ArticleTerritory Generation slashes value by $150m, gets government bailout in face...
Territory Generation says the rapid introduction of solar is "an existential risk to the corporation" as the Government injects another $15 million to keep it running.
View ArticleElectric car pulls up in Darwin after 800 day journey from the Netherlands
After more than 800 days on the road, a man who set himself the ambitious task of travelling by electric car from Holland to Australia has arrived in Darwin.
View ArticleThousands of Power and Water customers given deadline to deal with backflow risk
Thousands of businesses in the Northern Territory are given just weeks to make sure their plumbing isn't creating a potential hazard to the local water supply.
View ArticlePlan to cut $1,100 from household power bills faces pushback by NT Treasurer
A move which would see the Territory's Power and Water bills sliced substantially over the next five years is being criticised by the leader pulling the region's purse-strings.
View ArticleDarwin's underground power project restarts but could take 30 years to finish
A year after Cyclone Marcus, which left almost 30,000 residents without power, the NT Government has finally taken a decades-old program off ice announcing it would move the power supply of nine Darwin...
View ArticleAustralian energy giant AGL 'gouged' customers after Hazelwood closure, new...
Customers have been fleeced hundreds of dollars a year by Australian energy giants and according to the competition watchdog, it is not illegal.
View ArticleHydrogen power could finally get regional Australians excited about electric...
Juergen Zimmermann believes electric cars have a huge future in regional Australia, despite the limited range of current models, and Australia's chief scientist says they are a certainty.
View ArticleNorthern Territory Government rejects national energy regulator's...
The NT Government passes up a chance to grant Territorians a small relief on their power bills, despite a national regulator suggesting it should.
View ArticleCould the NT build a national recycling hub? Report paints bright future for...
As China and India restrict imports of Australia's recycling, a new report suggests the nation's sunniest place should take it and create export industries.
View ArticleAustralia's solar industry is booming, but so is the amount of valuable waste...
There are no laws regulating the solar industry's waste, which experts predict could grow to a whopping 1,500 kilotons by 2050.
View ArticleNT Chief Minister announces review into Alice Springs power blackout as...
Michael Gunner says a nine-hour blackout which left thousands of residents across Central Australia without power during the heat of the day on Sunday is "unacceptable" and calls for a review into the...
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