Albany residents will face bills between $600 to $2000 to convert from town to bottled gas once the decommissioning of the city’s gas network starts later this year, according to local plumbers.
Claire Middleton
There’s no sign as to when AGL Energy will press go on a major expansion of the Kwinana gas power plant but boss Damien Nicks has signalled the company is keen to push further into the WA market.
Matt Mckenzie
AGL Energy will slice off its fledgling telco arm in a $115 million deal that will give the power company an equity stake in Aussie Broadband.
Australian energy giant AGL has beaten earnings expectations and lifted its forward guidance, with industrial and data centre demand expected to support prices.
Adrian Black
An American company’s plan to frack for gas in the Kimberley faces another round of intense regulatory scrutiny amid claims the project has copped a record number of appeals.
Hydropower projects should receive more support and faster approvals if Australia is to meet its renewable energy targets, a group has warned.
Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson
A total of 27 banks and credit agencies have committed not to provide financing for a proposed TotalEnergies-Santos LNG plant project in Papua New Guinea.
Derek Rose
A complex web of investment, lobbying and public messaging is thought to be prolonging the life of the gas industry in Australia and the broader region.
Poppy Johnston
Westpac’s board was in the State this week for the first time in more than seven years, accompanied by institutional boss Nell Hutton and other senior executives.
Sean Smith
Australian oil and gas exploration and production company Beach Energy has posted a slump in first-half earnings but says it's still a "solid" result.
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Overworked pilots with limited experience flying at night nearly crashed their helicopter close to a Woodside drill rig off WA’s North West coast, an investigation has found.
Adrian Rauso
A company with ambitious plans to build a giant green hydrogen project in the Pilbara says the Federal Government will chip in $21 million to help, despite major partner BP walking away.
The price WA power stations are paid to stay online and keep the grid reliable is expected to double over just two years.
The State Government has backed recommendations aimed at ensuring Synergy better protects its customers after a $40 million billing blunder that went undetected for 15 years.
Australia could raise $35 billion a year by putting a price on pollution and help households and businesses by sharing the revenue, a report has found.
Amber-Jade Sanderson has talked up WA’s roll out of green energy after new data showed power prices were finally on the way down.
An influx of batteries and renewables has been credited with driving WA power prices lower in the final months of 2025.
Woodside Energy is forecasting annual production for the next 12 months will fall from a record 198.8 million barrels of oil equivalent in 2025 to between 172mboe and 186mboe.
Sean Smith and Daniel Newell
After legal challenges and pandemic delays, the first Barossa LNG shipment is bound for Japan, marking an "outstanding achievement" for Santos.
Lloyd Jones
There has been a lot said about energy policy lately – by people who have no understanding and no plan. The WA Liberals can’t have it both ways when it comes to energy policy, says Amber-Jade Sanderson.
Amber-Jade Sanderson
Sean Connery’s character in the 1987 film The Untouchables, Jim Malone, warns a fictional assassin sent by mafia man Al Capone he should not bring a knife to a gun fight.
Three offshore wind projects vying for a place in WA’s Geographe Bay have inched closer to development after the Federal Government offered them final feasibility licences.
Caitlyn Rintoul
Premier Roger Cook’s move to prop up insolvent miner Griffin Coal until 2031 should help avoid a big increase in WA’s power bills, analysts say.
The Environmental Protection Authority said Bennett Resources, part of Black Mountain Energy, could sink the exploration and appraisal wells subject to strict environmental conditions.
