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Electric cars to rev up the energy grid, one at a time

Technology that will let drivers use their electric vehicles as giant household batteries is launching in Australia, although its reach is limited.

Warnings of blackouts as rural workers go on strike

Warnings of blackouts as rural workers go on strike

Electricity workers are preparing to walk off the job as a pay dispute, simmers, with regional residents warned of potential blackouts at the start of summer.

Workers build Broken Hill towers in power outage fix

Workers build Broken Hill towers in power outage fix

The massive build to fix Broken Hill's damaged transmission lines is gathering momentum as the region looks to avoid further major power outages.

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Trial to test if electric vehicles can power homes

Australia's national science agency will team with an electricity retailer to find out whether electric cars can be used to power homes and back up the grid.

Timber industry battles shift to man-made power poles

The timber industry has stepped up its fight against the phase out of wooden power poles in NSW - a move designed to make the network more fire resilient.

Kerbside charging station now installed at Hawks Nest

Electric vehicles: Roadside chargers to ease pressure on rapid chargers

Newcastle Herald

Bermagui residents told 'it is too late to leave' as Coolagolite bushfire approaches

Residents in Bermagui and nearby villages to the south have been told to seek shelter

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Family loses mother on life support during NSW power outage, calls for urgent change

Family loses mother on life support during NSW power outage, calls for urgent change

The son of Gloria Shea, who suffered from emphysema and was reliant on life support equipment when the power cut off to her Dubbo home, wants energy companies to improve their safety measures.

Sea hawks flock to safety on top of a telegraph pole

Sea hawks flock to safety on top of a telegraph pole

An osprey nest, piled on top of an old telegraph pole on Limekilns Road has been replaced with a bird-friendly pole.

Newcastle Herald

Energy companies seek 'sun tax' solar panel charges

Energy companies seek 'sun tax' solar panel charges

Homes and businesses would face higher charges when their solar panels fed electricity into the grid during the day under tariffs proposed by energy companies.

Severe weather in western NSW cuts power in outback towns

Severe weather in western NSW cuts power in outback towns

Power is expected to be out in some western NSW communities until at least Wednesday night after the region was smashed by storms.

Power company's bushfire plan 'inadequate'

Power company's bushfire plan 'inadequate'

Essential Energy says it is changing its bushfire risk policies, after a Black Summer bushfire burnt through 3000 hectares.

Lismore residents with flood-damaged homes still received bills from energy companies

Lismore residents with flood-damaged homes still received bills from energy companies

Some customers whose homes were uninhabitable for months were billed based on estimated power usage

The Guardian - AU

Power outages plague western NSW towns, leaving hospitals, firefighters without phones

Power outages plague western NSW towns, leaving hospitals, firefighters without phones

Western NSW residents fear medical emergencies and fires turning "catastrophic" as longer and more frequent power and phone outages hit their towns.

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Fourth anniversary of Tathra bushfire cuts deeper as flood crisis continues

Four years after losing her own home in the Tathra bushfire, Jan Harris's empathises with the struggles facing those whose have lost everything in the floods

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