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A couple of weeks ago, the Friday before Australia Day, we had blackouts in Victoria after the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) ordered load shedding as the high demand for electricity on a sweltering hot day put an undue strain on the network. Around midday, the chief executive of the AEMO, Audrey Zibelman, announced that... Read More

Recently, some customers have alerted us to the fact that they received phishing emails claiming to be from GloBird. You should always take care to confirm that an email is genuine (or not) by looking for tell tale signs as outlined below. Never open an attachment or link unless you’re sure of the sender. According... Read More

As we head into 2019, you could easily be convinced that energy prices will be going down. All you’d have to do is pay attention to the Prime Minister, who has been in the news recently claiming a victory over rising energy prices and telling anyone who’ll listen that his government has forced prices down.... Read More

As we farewell 2018, it’s hard to put the past 12 months into perspective – other than to say that this year wasn’t as tumultuous for the Australian energy market as 2017 was (hard to believe as that may be). To ring in 2019, let’s look forward with optimism and positivity. Here are some energy-related... Read More

As you can imagine, we’d like nothing more than to be able to say: prices are NOT going to go up for the foreseeable future. Actually, there is one thing we’d like more: to be able to tell you that prices are going down. Unfortunately, major price drops are not on the cards in the... Read More