We’re only five months into 2020 but we don’t think it’s premature to say that it hasn’t been the easiest year for Australians. From 2019 until early this year, the …
Electricity prices in Australia in 2019: Where are we at?
A few years ago, Leading Edge Energy drew up an article about how Australians were paying some of the highest electricity prices in the world. This was especially true in …
January heatwave forces wholesale prices through the roof
January 2019 energy market: National Energy Market future and spot prices soared after parts of Melbourne experienced a blackout over 23-25 January during a particularly brutal heatwave. The spike in …
Market Wrap September 2018
Market wrap: Temperatures around Australia have started to warm up and that has led to lowered demand as people turned down their heaters, but futures prices are still trending upwards. …
Electricity rates update – March 2018
Electricity rates – Futures prices dropped in New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, and Victoria from 1 March through to April 16. The biggest drop was experienced in New South …
Electricity rates update – January 2018
Electricity rates – Futures prices dropped in all states under review from 1 January 2018 through to 12 February 2018. The biggest drop was experienced in New South Wales with …
Tripling electricity price increases put forecast drops into serious doubt – how can you protect your business?
Businesses facing paying up to a triple electricity price increase when renewing electricity contracts are putting serious doubts on forecasts that energy tariffs will become cheaper in the second half …
Electricity prices expected to drop in 2018 thanks to Western New South Wales renewables boom
A total of 33 wind and solar energy projects generating a total of 4,750 Megawatts of power will be constructed in New South Wales’ renewables boom in 2018. 10 wind …
Electricity rates update – September 2017
Since our last wholesale electricity rates update on September 5, prices have gone down in all states under review apart from Queensland. Victoria experienced the biggest drop at 2.4% while …
Australians paying the world’s highest electricity prices
Australian households and businesses are paying the highest electricity prices in the world, a drastic reversal from the 1990s when energy bills in the country were the cheapest in the …