The use of renewable energy in the mining sector is being given a boost, with the federal government and Alinta Energy jointly funding a $200 million solar facility that will help to power Fortescue Metals Group's iron ore mines.
A dispute between privately owned Alinta Energy and Horizon Power hangs over state government plans to overhaul the north-west's unregulated electricity network.
In just its second year in the tightly held retail gas market, Wesfarmers' Kleenheat brand has stirred up intense competition among business customers.
Alinta Energy has given a lukewarm response to reforms that could provide the state's residential customers with a choice of electricity retailers for the first time.
Alinta Energy has appointed a new board featuring former chairman Tony Howarth and former Alcoa managing director Wayne Osborn, after shareholders approved a major restructuring that saw the group's assets sold to a private equity consortium.
