Synergy has revealed it breached its licence almost 100 times between February last year and April 2024, by failing to properly handle contact details for 68 customers using life support equipment.
The Australian Energy Market Operator has substantially eased immediate forecasts of a looming shortfall in the state's major electricity grid but warned of the need for continued investment in capacity.
Synergy's 142-megawatt King Rocks windfarm near Hyden will be delivered at a cost above $500 million, around $200 million higher than a price tag placed on the project in 2022.
Southern Cross Electrical Engineering has announced it will acquire Sydney-based MDE Group for up to $10.55 million, courtesy of a share purchase agreement.
A record $12.1 billion will be spent through the state's asset investment program in 2024-25, part of a $42.2 billion outlay forecast over the four years to the end of 2028.
Neoen's stage 2 project at Collie adds to grid-scale energy storage batteries being built by Synergy and Alinta, with a combined cost in excess of $3 billion.
The $1.6 billion Collie battery, that is expected to be one of the biggest grid-scale batteries in the world, is one step closer towards a 2025 completion.
Our weekly appointments wrap includes Katherin Domansky, David Joyce, Rob Bransby, Martin Anda, Melissa Su-Wei Teo, Sheldon Day, Pete Adams, Dave Clow, Rachel Lee, Michael Hood, Zac Wood and John Toll.
The power plant that supported Kalgoorlie during last week's power outage was, in 2023, rejected by the state government in favour of its own facility, which tripped when it was needed.
Western Australia's second state-owned battery storage system is expected to be up and running by late October, with early work on a third to start in a matter of weeks.
The state government's EV charging network has hit the Pilbara, with the first of six EV fast chargers planned for the region launched at Karratha this morning.
Independent assessment of Water Corporation's $283 million plan for a wind farm near Kojonup has flagged staffing competition among state-owned utilities as a potential development risk.
In this podcast, Mark Pownall and Jack McGinn discuss the latest on Chevron's IR deal, WA's top builders, potash deal, road funding, battery contacts, Synergy, Water Corp, tower plans, barramundi and Twiggy's mansion.
State-owned energy retailer Synergy has recorded a before tax loss of $732.6 million last financial year, attributed to contracts where expenses exceed economic benefit.
The state government has awarded more than $1 billion worth of contracts to two international firms tasked with delivering battery energy storage at Kwinana and Collie.
Ground has broken on construction of a 100-megawatt battery at Alinta's Wagerup power station which will help smooth out supply for power in the state's South West.
Synergy hardship customers will be able to leverage the excess power generated by the state's rooftop solar during off-peak times for free under a new scheme.
The state government is aiming to open a $6.3 million training facility at the South Regional TAFE in Collie by 2025, to mitigate the impact from the impending closure of coal-fired power stations.
Synergy has struck an agreement with the Economic Regulation Authority to pay a sum of $30 million back to residential customers for contraventions of electricity pricing over more than a year.
Collie is set to have two large-scale battery energy storage systems, with French renewable energy company Neoen proceeding with construction of a 219 megawatt unit.
A $715 million state budget package to ease financial pressures from households will include $450 million worth in energy bill relief from the WA government.
WA's South West could require up to 51 gigawatts of new energy generation and storage capacity to meet the needs of industry over the next 20 years, a state government study has concluded.
Former Commissioner of the Australian Energy Market Commission Michelle Shepherd has been appointed chairperson of WA's gas and electricity supplier Synergy.
A move to lift electricity network costs by nearly 8 per cent annually until 2027 has been approved, six months after the plan was revealed by Business News.
Moody's Investors Service has lifted its credit rating outlook for Western Australia from ‘stable' to ‘positive' but has not reinstated the coveted triple-A rating.
