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Cost of living: Energy bill hacks could save you £332 in minutes

A few simple tricks could save you £100s

Liverpool Echo

Tokyo June heatwave worst since 1875 as power supply creaks under strain

Japan baked under scorching temperatures for a fourth successive day on Tuesday, as the capital's heat broke nearly 150-year-old records for June and authorities warned power supply remained tight enough to raise the spectre of cuts.

Reuters

Andhra Pradesh: Discoms to distribute transformers to farmers

Visakhapatnam: The Andhra Pradesh Central Power Distribution Corporation Limited (APCPDCL), headquartered at Vijayawada, will distribute power transformers to provide free electricity to the newly released 50,280 agricultural services in its jurisdiction on June 28, Tuesday.

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Karnataka: Panel recommends measures to improve Escoms' efficiency

BENGALURU: Targeting revival of Electricity Supply Companies (Escoms) across Karnataka, a one-man committee headed by retired IAS officer G Gurucharan on Monday submitted its report to chief minister Basavaraj Bommai.

The Times of India

Paying coal and gas plants to supply back-up energy a ‘retrograde step’, Clean Energy Council says

‘It’s the wrong policy debate at the wrong time,’ industry says of capacity mechanism

The Guardian - AU

Tumut River farmers fear flooding as Snowy Hydro called on to increase electricity production

Further water releases from the Snowy Hydro and the Tumut River channel already at capacity have farmers downstream concerned, one saying there should have been better planning before now.

ABC News

Does Australia need Tasmania to become a multi-billion-dollar 'Battery of the Nation'?

As coal-fired power stations close down, there is a push for the renewables-rich state of Tasmania to become the "Battery of the Nation". The problem is, no one knows who will foot the multi-billion-dollar bill.

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Power safety eyed after fire

Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt will ask the Metropolitan Electricity Authority (MEA) to inspect the safety of some 400 power transformers and power lines across Bangkok after a fire in the busy Sampeng market killed two people on Sunday.

Bangkok Post

Ratch raises B25bn for expansion in rights issue

Ratch Group Plc, Thailand's largest private power generation company by capacity, has raised 25 billion baht in a rights issue to expand its business and support its loan payment plans.

Bangkok Post

Ameren Acquires Huck Finn Solar Project In Missouri

EDF Renewables North America and Ameren Corp's (NYSE:AEE) subsidiary Ameren Missouri have established an agreement for Huck Finn Solar Project. Ameren will acquire, after construction, the 200 megawatt (MWac) / 270 MWdc Huck Finn Solar Project. The terms of the agreement are confidential. Developed by EDF Renewables, Huck Finn Solar is expected to create…

Benzinga

Tax return 2022: what expenses can I claim if I’m working from home?

From electricity and internet bills to printing paper and ink, here’s what the ATO says you can and can’t claim for your home office

The Guardian - AU

National Grid will pay households to shift electricity use to avoid blackouts

Scheme encourages customers with smart meters to use less energy at peak times and reduce carbon emissions

The Guardian - UK

AAP govt presents first budget in Punjab; to provide 300 units free power from July 1

CHANDIGARH: Presenting the AAP government's first budget after coming to power in Punjab, finance minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Monday announced providing 300 units of free electricity to households from July 1 and setting up of 117 Mohalla Clinics in the state. Besides, the government will set up 16 new…

The Times of India

Families to be paid to use less electricity under plan to avoid power blackouts

Households to receive money on smart meters for cutting down power usage under National Grid scheme

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You could be paid for using less electricity at peak times in new scheme

Homes would see their bills reduced if they don't use appliances like ovens and washing machines when the Grid is busy

Los Angeles Times

Editorial: Gov. Newsom’s plan to prevent power outages has a big downside: fossil fuels

Gov. Gavin Newsom, worried about the threat of power shortages from climate-fueled heat waves, wildfires and drought as the state transitions to renewable energy, has crafted something of a devil’s bargain. To ensure California can keep the lights on during hot summer evenings when the power grid is at highest…

Daily Mirror

You could soon get paid to use your oven and washing machine at different time of day

Under the proposals, families would be paid for changing the time they use energy-hungry appliances such as the oven and washing machine - so shifting when they cook or clean

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s emissions climbed in Coalition’s final year as transport and fossil fuels wiped out gains during Covid

New data shows carbon pollution rose 0.8% in 2021 as manufacturing, agriculture and gas bounced back from pandemic lockdowns

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Bangkok Post

BCPG to start Vietnam sales

SET-listed BCPG, the renewable power generation arm of energy conglomerate Bangchak Corporation Plc, expects its new power transmission business to start sending electricity across the border from Laos to fast-growing Vietnam in September.

Newsroom.co.nz

Three years later and still no members for consumer advocacy group

Proponents say a delay in getting an advocacy group up and running after it was committed to by Government is letting some of the country’s most vulnerable consumers down.

Nottingham Post

British Gas offering £1,500 electricity grant to help struggling customers

Thousands of people could be eligible

The Hindu

Regulation for EV charging stations on the cards in Kerala

‘Resale of electricity by charging stations needs to be legalised’

Daily Mirror

British Gas offering households £1,500 off energy bills - are you eligible?

British Gas customers struggling amid the cost of living crisis could be entitled to £1,500 off their energy bills. Here's how to check if you're eligible for the hefty grant

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s a horror show’: defiant Kharkiv residents return home despite new Russian offensive

No running water, gas or electricity and apartment blocks destroyed at random… Now civilians in Ukraine’s second biggest city are facing a new Russian offensive

The Hindu

Public interest protected in tariff hike: Minister

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