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Short reads and practical guidance from our team on procurement, solar, validation and the Australian energy market.

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Procurement

Progressive purchasing and selling: managing energy price risk step by step

Progressive purchasing and selling spreads energy buying or selling decisions over time, so less of your result rides on a single day's price. Here is how it works, the decisions behind it and who it suits.

November 2026 · 5 min read
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Market Intelligence

Gas reservation scheme: what large gas users need to know

Labor is reportedly preparing to scale back its domestic gas reservation scheme to win Coalition support. Here is how the scheme works, what could change and what it could mean for large gas buyers.

November 2026 · 4 min read
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Validation

Rolling demand: catching one spike before it cost 12 months of charges

Under a rolling demand tariff, one high-demand interval can set the demand charge on every bill for a year or more. Here is how one real spike was caught and credited, and how to check your own invoices for it.

October 2026 · 11 min read
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Validation

The most expensive number on your electricity bill is not your usage

For many commercial and industrial sites, the demand charge can rival the energy charge. Yet it is often one of the least understood and least verified line items on the bill.

October 2026 · 14 min read
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Market Intelligence

Project EnergyConnect: what the NEM’s first transmission loop means for energy users

AEMO has started bringing Project EnergyConnect into service, creating the first transmission loop in the NEM. Prices between NSW, Victoria and South Australia will shift gradually as capacity is released.

October 2026 · 2 min read
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Renewables

Mid-scale solar up to 1 MW can now create STCs: what to revisit

The SRES now covers solar systems from 100 kW to 1 MW installed on or after 1 October 2026. Shelved projects and sites capped at 99 kW are worth a fresh look, but certificate strategy needs settling first.

September 2026 · 5 min read

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