Decommissioning Oil & gas to get Northern Endeavour bill and trailing liabilities: Pitt Resources Minister Keith Pitt plans to stop big oil companies passing on decommissioning liabilities and make them contribute to the Northern Endeavour decommissioning bill.
Power Generation WA plans a slow move to greener power Rooftop solar will make South-West WA power greener, but there is no path outlined for Collie's future or to net-zero by 2050, according to a WA Government study.
Power Generation WA plan for batteries and solar offers cleaner long-term energy Plans to manage excessive midday solar power in WA's South-West may allow solar and batteries to displace coal and gas in the long-term.
Decommissioning Tougher policing of offshore oil and gas decommissioning Offshore oil and gas operators that continually delay costly decommissioning will now be watched more closely by offshore safety and environment regulator NOPSEMA.
Power Generation WA reforms power grids north and south Pilbara resource projects can access more competitive power and the South-West grid more easily add batteries and standalone power systems after law changes last week.
=== from the archive === Star of the South still in regulatory abyss Offshore wind power is growing across the globe but Australia's only proposed project off Victoria has no regulation system to seek approval from.
=== from the archive === Edwell sees 'happy place' for WA energy Stephen Edwell, the independent chair of WA's energy transformation taskforce, has just a few years to stop a solar surge overwhelming the South West power grid.
