Yes, it's GAS SHORTAGE BEAT UP WEEK, with AEMO's annual fret-fest due out soon.
I'll paste last year's winners below.
I'll paste last year's winners below.
Brilliant pre-emptive strike from @australiainstitute.org.au - on how media frames AEMO's annual gas report as a fake crisis requiring urgent, panicked building of new gas infrastructure
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March 19, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Yes, it's GAS SHORTAGE BEAT UP WEEK, with AEMO's annual fret-fest due out soon.
I'll paste last year's winners below.
I'll paste last year's winners below.
AEMO's report shows two key things:
1. Australia has an abundance of gas. Most of it is exported.
2. Demand for gas is plummeting.
No wonder Big Gas is kicking up a stink. The real question is, will our Governments keep throwing favours at an industry that is rapidly becoming obsolete? #auspol
1. Australia has an abundance of gas. Most of it is exported.
2. Demand for gas is plummeting.
No wonder Big Gas is kicking up a stink. The real question is, will our Governments keep throwing favours at an industry that is rapidly becoming obsolete? #auspol
March 19, 2025 at 10:52 PM
AEMO's report shows two key things:
1. Australia has an abundance of gas. Most of it is exported.
2. Demand for gas is plummeting.
No wonder Big Gas is kicking up a stink. The real question is, will our Governments keep throwing favours at an industry that is rapidly becoming obsolete? #auspol
1. Australia has an abundance of gas. Most of it is exported.
2. Demand for gas is plummeting.
No wonder Big Gas is kicking up a stink. The real question is, will our Governments keep throwing favours at an industry that is rapidly becoming obsolete? #auspol
Scary, scary! Save us from nasty renewables, lovely coal!
I love that the word "blackout" appears just 2 times in AEMO's 154 page report, yet makes the SMH headline!
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
I love that the word "blackout" appears just 2 times in AEMO's 154 page report, yet makes the SMH headline!
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
December 1, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Scary, scary! Save us from nasty renewables, lovely coal!
I love that the word "blackout" appears just 2 times in AEMO's 154 page report, yet makes the SMH headline!
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
I love that the word "blackout" appears just 2 times in AEMO's 154 page report, yet makes the SMH headline!
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
AEMO’s 10-year energy reliability forecast says there is enough new solar, wind and storage in the pipeline to fill the gap of retiring coal, and meet rising demand.
reneweconomy.com.au
August 21, 2025 at 2:13 AM
AEMO’s 10-year energy reliability forecast says there is enough new solar, wind and storage in the pipeline to fill the gap of retiring coal, and meet rising demand.
Love this chart from AEMO's latest QED.
Look at the growth of wind, solar and battery discharge across all hours of the day!
And the corresponding dramatic reduction in coal & gas supply.
Look at the growth of wind, solar and battery discharge across all hours of the day!
And the corresponding dramatic reduction in coal & gas supply.
January 29, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Love this chart from AEMO's latest QED.
Look at the growth of wind, solar and battery discharge across all hours of the day!
And the corresponding dramatic reduction in coal & gas supply.
Look at the growth of wind, solar and battery discharge across all hours of the day!
And the corresponding dramatic reduction in coal & gas supply.
Considering the role of gas in the gov's energy policy and the hype around gas 'shortages', AEMO's forecast of near-zero gas use for electricity out to 2035 has had very little coverage.
Here's my post over on The Point blog... live.thepoint.com.au/2026/06/the-...
Here's my post over on The Point blog... live.thepoint.com.au/2026/06/the-...
June 30, 2026 at 6:32 AM
Considering the role of gas in the gov's energy policy and the hype around gas 'shortages', AEMO's forecast of near-zero gas use for electricity out to 2035 has had very little coverage.
Here's my post over on The Point blog... live.thepoint.com.au/2026/06/the-...
Here's my post over on The Point blog... live.thepoint.com.au/2026/06/the-...
proving that "baseload" literally isn't a thing anymore
AEMO’s running trials to power grids with zero coal, zero gas, and zero spinning metal. Just batteries, solar, and wind. Fossil fuels? Not invited. #auspol #energy reneweconomy.com.au/aemo-turns-t...
AEMO’s running trials to power grids with zero coal, zero gas, and zero spinning metal. Just batteries, solar, and wind. Fossil fuels? Not invited. #auspol #energy reneweconomy.com.au/aemo-turns-t...
reneweconomy.com.au
October 27, 2025 at 2:59 AM
proving that "baseload" literally isn't a thing anymore
AEMO’s running trials to power grids with zero coal, zero gas, and zero spinning metal. Just batteries, solar, and wind. Fossil fuels? Not invited. #auspol #energy reneweconomy.com.au/aemo-turns-t...
AEMO’s running trials to power grids with zero coal, zero gas, and zero spinning metal. Just batteries, solar, and wind. Fossil fuels? Not invited. #auspol #energy reneweconomy.com.au/aemo-turns-t...
AEMO says 10 yrs to run Australia’s grid on 100% renewables. Try 5. Rooftop solar already dominates days—grid-forming batteries & VPPs will scale faster than anyone expects to cover night load. Mild days at 100% before 2030? Locked in. The grid’s flipping. ⚡☀️🔋 #AEMO #EnergyTransition #BESS #LFP
AEMO puts grid-forming batteries and household devices at centre of roadmap to 100 pct renewables
AEMO’s new engineering priorities are on getting most out of grid forming inverters and consumer energy resources at it maps path to 100 per cent renewables.
reneweconomy.com.au
July 19, 2025 at 12:05 PM
AEMO says 10 yrs to run Australia’s grid on 100% renewables. Try 5. Rooftop solar already dominates days—grid-forming batteries & VPPs will scale faster than anyone expects to cover night load. Mild days at 100% before 2030? Locked in. The grid’s flipping. ⚡☀️🔋 #AEMO #EnergyTransition #BESS #LFP
CSIRO & AEMO’s GenCost report started in 2018 under the coalition govt -it has found firmed renewables are cheapest new-build energy option (The Kaxon)
Coalition requested GenCost include nuclear in 2023-24.
It found nuclear the most EXPENSIVE option🙄
-Coalition proceed to rubbish the report🙄
Coalition requested GenCost include nuclear in 2023-24.
It found nuclear the most EXPENSIVE option🙄
-Coalition proceed to rubbish the report🙄
January 22, 2025 at 1:02 PM
CSIRO & AEMO’s GenCost report started in 2018 under the coalition govt -it has found firmed renewables are cheapest new-build energy option (The Kaxon)
Coalition requested GenCost include nuclear in 2023-24.
It found nuclear the most EXPENSIVE option🙄
-Coalition proceed to rubbish the report🙄
Coalition requested GenCost include nuclear in 2023-24.
It found nuclear the most EXPENSIVE option🙄
-Coalition proceed to rubbish the report🙄
Really fascinating chart from AEMO's latest QED: a worrying visual demonstration of the "floor" for coal-fired power stations in Australia.
Solar, wind, storage and hydro keeps turning the screws on coal in Australia but you can see them hitting their "minimum generation" point
Solar, wind, storage and hydro keeps turning the screws on coal in Australia but you can see them hitting their "minimum generation" point
January 30, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Really fascinating chart from AEMO's latest QED: a worrying visual demonstration of the "floor" for coal-fired power stations in Australia.
Solar, wind, storage and hydro keeps turning the screws on coal in Australia but you can see them hitting their "minimum generation" point
Solar, wind, storage and hydro keeps turning the screws on coal in Australia but you can see them hitting their "minimum generation" point
I am old enough to remember one (1) hype cycle ago, where AEMO's big issue was figuring out how we were going to power all the electrolysis.
September 7, 2026 at 5:18 AM
I am old enough to remember one (1) hype cycle ago, where AEMO's big issue was figuring out how we were going to power all the electrolysis.
Gas use for electricity generation hit its second lowest level since 2014 last year. Especially notable given the very cold and windless winter we had last year.
The trajectory is down down down. Big batteries and new renewables are going to crush future gas use.
The trajectory is down down down. Big batteries and new renewables are going to crush future gas use.
March 20, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Gas use for electricity generation hit its second lowest level since 2014 last year. Especially notable given the very cold and windless winter we had last year.
The trajectory is down down down. Big batteries and new renewables are going to crush future gas use.
The trajectory is down down down. Big batteries and new renewables are going to crush future gas use.
Later this week, you might hear media stories about "gas shortages". It's part of an annual pantomime starring the gas industry, certain media outlets, and a gas supply statement called "GSOO". Here's our analysis @australiainstitute.org.au @rodcampbell.bsky.social @stephenlongaus.bsky.social
Media coverage of AEMO’s Gas Statement of Opportunities
The annual release of AEMO’s Gas Statement of Opportunities invariably triggers coverage suggesting that Australia, one of the world’s biggest gas producers, is about to run short of gas.
australiainstitute.org.au
March 18, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Later this week, you might hear media stories about "gas shortages". It's part of an annual pantomime starring the gas industry, certain media outlets, and a gas supply statement called "GSOO". Here's our analysis @australiainstitute.org.au @rodcampbell.bsky.social @stephenlongaus.bsky.social
Much, much more coal is burned under the LNP plan than the ALP plan. The LNP plan also burns much, much more coal than the least ambitious AEMO scenario (which it is notionally based on).
December 17, 2024 at 3:15 AM
Much, much more coal is burned under the LNP plan than the ALP plan. The LNP plan also burns much, much more coal than the least ambitious AEMO scenario (which it is notionally based on).
Snippets from AEMO’s summer readiness briefing 2024-2025 wattclarity.com.au/articles/202...
Snippets from AEMO’s summer readiness briefing for 2024-25
A sample of highlights captured from AEMO's summer readiness briefing for 2024-25 sets the scene for the upcoming months in the NEM..
wattclarity.com.au
November 15, 2024 at 2:35 AM
Snippets from AEMO’s summer readiness briefing 2024-2025 wattclarity.com.au/articles/202...
.. there was actually a significant upwards revision (+30%) in AEMO's projected datacentre demand since their draft in *May*
August 26, 2026 at 10:58 AM
.. there was actually a significant upwards revision (+30%) in AEMO's projected datacentre demand since their draft in *May*
AEMO’s latest ISP says wind, solar and storage still cheapest option to replace coal, but warns that slower rollout may result in missed targets
reneweconomy.com.au
December 10, 2025 at 4:32 AM
AEMO’s latest ISP says wind, solar and storage still cheapest option to replace coal, but warns that slower rollout may result in missed targets
And get this, the headline is:
Blackout risk: Grid 'not ready' for coal plant closures, solar surge
Not only is "blackout risk" absent from AEMO's report & media release, but 'not ready' doesn't appear either. Has quote marks around it, but no one says it in the story, report or media release.
Blackout risk: Grid 'not ready' for coal plant closures, solar surge
Not only is "blackout risk" absent from AEMO's report & media release, but 'not ready' doesn't appear either. Has quote marks around it, but no one says it in the story, report or media release.
December 1, 2025 at 2:51 AM
And get this, the headline is:
Blackout risk: Grid 'not ready' for coal plant closures, solar surge
Not only is "blackout risk" absent from AEMO's report & media release, but 'not ready' doesn't appear either. Has quote marks around it, but no one says it in the story, report or media release.
Blackout risk: Grid 'not ready' for coal plant closures, solar surge
Not only is "blackout risk" absent from AEMO's report & media release, but 'not ready' doesn't appear either. Has quote marks around it, but no one says it in the story, report or media release.
#Batteries – big, small and in-between – are “fundamentally changing” the #electricity system – while also changing the outlook for #AEMO’s grid blueprint.. https://reneweconomy.com.au/big-and-small-batteries-fundamentally-changing-the-grid-and-its-planning-blueprint-says-aemo-boss/
Big and small batteries "fundamentally changing" the grid, and its planning blueprint, says AEMO boss
Batteries – big, small and in-between – are "fundamentally changing" the electricity system – while also changing the outlook for AEMO's grid blueprint.
reneweconomy.com.au
June 10, 2026 at 4:00 AM
#Batteries – big, small and in-between – are “fundamentally changing” the #electricity system – while also changing the outlook for #AEMO’s grid blueprint.. https://reneweconomy.com.au/big-and-small-batteries-fundamentally-changing-the-grid-and-its-planning-blueprint-says-aemo-boss/
A flurry of new solar and battery projects has appeared in #AEMO’s grid management system, driving home just how popular the two technologies have been with investors. But in the #EPBC queue, it’s all about wind.
Big solar and batteries lead march to the grid, but new plans for wind are piling up
A flurry of new solar and battery projects has appeared in AEMO's grid management system, driving home just how popular the two technologies have been with investors. But in the EPBC queue, it's all about wind.
reneweconomy.com.au
February 27, 2026 at 4:44 AM
The diner postpones a choice while quietly accepting gas in the meantime. AEMO’s 2026 electricity roadmap includes gas backup alongside renewables, storage and networks.
October 6, 2026 at 10:36 PM
The diner postpones a choice while quietly accepting gas in the meantime. AEMO’s 2026 electricity roadmap includes gas backup alongside renewables, storage and networks.
"Solar and battery storage will do the heavy lifting on the path of decarbonising Australia's electricity system" ....... 🧐🧐🧐
December 12, 2025 at 9:36 AM
"Solar and battery storage will do the heavy lifting on the path of decarbonising Australia's electricity system" ....... 🧐🧐🧐
Labor’s Cheaper Home Batteries rebate and other state-based incentives are driving uptake of distributed storage. But will they fit the bill for AEMO’s ISP?
reneweconomy.com.au
October 27, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Labor’s Cheaper Home Batteries rebate and other state-based incentives are driving uptake of distributed storage. But will they fit the bill for AEMO’s ISP?
Batteries now set electricity prices more than any other technology in Australia
Published
Apr 30, 2026
AEMO's Q1 2026 report found grid-scale battery capacity doubled in a year, cutting gas generation to its lowest level since the late 1990s.
Published
Apr 30, 2026
AEMO's Q1 2026 report found grid-scale battery capacity doubled in a year, cutting gas generation to its lowest level since the late 1990s.
May 4, 2026 at 7:01 AM
Batteries now set electricity prices more than any other technology in Australia
Published
Apr 30, 2026
AEMO's Q1 2026 report found grid-scale battery capacity doubled in a year, cutting gas generation to its lowest level since the late 1990s.
Published
Apr 30, 2026
AEMO's Q1 2026 report found grid-scale battery capacity doubled in a year, cutting gas generation to its lowest level since the late 1990s.
A key part in Australian debate nobody has resolved:
Plug-in kit earns no STCs, is invisible to AEMO's DER register, gets no feed-in tariff
At 800W one per household that's ok, but it's the argument the networks will use, so it's the one worth pre-empting
Nevertheless it'd be of value to renters
Plug-in kit earns no STCs, is invisible to AEMO's DER register, gets no feed-in tariff
At 800W one per household that's ok, but it's the argument the networks will use, so it's the one worth pre-empting
Nevertheless it'd be of value to renters
Plug-in solar panels could save households $370 a year - and experts say Australia should copy the UK in legalising them
Plug-in solar panels could save households $370 a year - and experts say Australia should copy the UK in legalising them
A plug in solar kit that costs about $1,000 ‘pays for itself in three years’, one expert said
Millions of Australians could be saving up to $370 a year on energy bills and doing their bit for the climate crisis if Labor followed the UK’s lead in legalising plug in solar panels, an advocacy group said.
Plug-in solar refers to small standalone solar units that could be attached to balconies or used in backyards and plugged into power points, offsetting the energy used by household appliances. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
August 29, 2026 at 5:58 AM
A key part in Australian debate nobody has resolved:
Plug-in kit earns no STCs, is invisible to AEMO's DER register, gets no feed-in tariff
At 800W one per household that's ok, but it's the argument the networks will use, so it's the one worth pre-empting
Nevertheless it'd be of value to renters
Plug-in kit earns no STCs, is invisible to AEMO's DER register, gets no feed-in tariff
At 800W one per household that's ok, but it's the argument the networks will use, so it's the one worth pre-empting
Nevertheless it'd be of value to renters