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SwitchedOn Australia Podcast








What you missed


Tim Forcey surveyed the My Efficient Electric Home Facebook group to understand the most common reasons stopping members from getting off gas.


The Australian Renewable Energy Agency has been overwhelmed by applications for its Community Battery Funding Program.


Heather Smith, Chair of the Coalition for Community Energy (C4CE), shows how communities can be transformed by initiating, developing, owning, and/or operating renewable energy resources.


“The future doesn’t involve you,” and other things the Australian Energy Regulator won’t tell dying gas networks as we electrify everything.


Bank Australia is piloting free home electrification assessments in the La Trobe valley.


Allegra Spender, MP, wants energy efficiency and electrification for renters on the agenda of the next Energy Ministers meeting.


Interest-free loans on solar panels and batteries will be offered in a bid to make renewable energy affordable to more households.


Gas distribution networks could face billions in unrecovered costs but the savings for consumers will outweigh the costs.


Greater demand flexibility will be cheaper and cleaner than paying coal plants to stay open.


Victoria's strategy to electrify the state at scale, and fast, is to revamp the public-owned electricity authority.