Keith Orchison
Business Spectator
Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Separating facts from fiction in the power price debate
Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg may find his biggest challenge will be ensuring the public understands the complexities surrounding energy policymaking. → Read More
Fossil fuels are far from dead and buried
The International Energy Agency's modelling on electricity demand suggests a more complex picture of future power production and generation. → Read More
A reality check for the Paris climate summit
The Paris conference needs to deliver more than soundbites and provide some much-needed clarity around abatement and decarbonisation commitments. → Read More
The AER's power play delivers a reprieve for consumers
The AER's determinations on how much revenue power distributors in eastern states can earn over the rest of the decade is significantly less than what they wanted. → Read More
Our energy policymakers are asleep at the wheel
The governance review panel's report to the CoAG Energy Council has issued a big challenge to Australia's resources ministers. But are they up to the task? → Read More
The missing link in the energy debate
The drama surrounding carbon abatement has overshadowed what should be a vitally important plank in Australia's energy policy plan. → Read More
Enough of the energy melodrama
Debate surrounding energy pricing is saturated with misinformation and the media's use of lazy, attention-grabbing headlines helps no one. → Read More
Energy policymakers are missing the bigger picture
The Victorian Government's approach to integrating energy and carbon abatement policies at the expense of further gas development is an utter mess. → Read More
Why energy policy is a dog's breakfast
The fiasco surrounding the smart meters program in Victoria shows how ideology and the political need for soundbite solutions have trumped good policy decision-making. → Read More
Why the power players have switched their supply stance
One year ago, the power industry claimed a large surplus of generation capacity would prevail into the next decade. Today, power shortages are supposedly looming. → Read More
We're paying the price for poll-driven energy politics
Political opportunism on energy policy will result in consumers picking up the bill for expensive errors long after governments have left office. → Read More
Why Australia's energy strategy is in tatters
After decades of federal and state jurisdictions jostling over energy strategy, we have been left with a policy 'dog's breakfast'. → Read More
A power bill dilemma for the Coalition
Under the current RET deal, the Coalition will push green costs on to consumers while decrying Shorten's new interest in a carbon trading scheme. → Read More
Time for a sensible conversation about power costs
As long as debates about energy remain so partisan, we risk reliving the policy horrors of recent years. → Read More
Networks chart a course through politically charged waters
Electricity networks have turned to the CSIRO to getter a better grasp of how new technologies and changing customer preferences will alter the demands on the industry. → Read More
Power consumers are finally getting some satisfaction
Far from 'rage in the suburbs', it seems most power consumers are satisfied with the level of service provided by their electricity suppliers. → Read More
Why TransGrid is the leader of the network pack
While three NSW electricity distributors are about to battle energy regulator for greater revenue, one has accepted the watchdog's ruling and won favour with the public. → Read More
Why the coal industry's fired up
Despite all the naysaying about the future for coal, its outlook remains surprisingly robust. → Read More
A darkening outlook for electricity suppliers
The Energy Supply Association of Australia paints a gloomy portrait of electricity supply -- and the outlook for gas demand is similarly bleak. → Read More
Political power plays are stifling the energy rule maker
The health of the national electricity market is affected not only by the market's workings and retailers, but by Australia's combat politics. → Read More