David Leitch

The rules of Australia's main electricity grid are constantly changing. Should they be completely rewritten? AEMC commissioner Tim Jordan discusses the state of play. Plus: News of the week.

The integration of CER seems to come down to three key things: (i) everyone having a modern meter, (ii) working out who loses when there is too much solar and minimising that loss through storage and (iii) working out whether we really want lots of household storage including EV related storage.

The standard of living is the biggest problem facing any government looking for re election. In the US, even the prospect of Trump chaos wasn't enough to scare off voters, even if it should have been.

Energy expert Gabrielle Kuiper on getting the best out of distributed energy resources in the new market design and as coal exits the grid. Plus, news of the week.

Solar researchers held their annual conference in Sydney this week, with the focus on improved efficiency, grid integration, recycling and social equity. Monash University's Roger Dargaville explains. Plus: News of the week.

EnergyCo is well on its journey now but it’s far, far too early to call it a success. Major issues still need to be sorted out, the use of big batteries among them.

Frontier Economics has a strong reputation as a microeconomics consultancy particular in issues concerning economics and the law.

In this episode we take a quick look at the Coalition's nuclear plan and its costings. Not much of it makes sense. Plus: The other news of the week.

In our last episode of the year, federal energy and climate minister Chris Bowen joins us to discuss the CIS, climate targets, EVs, the agenda for 2025, and the Coalition's nuclear plan.