Average electricity rates for the majority of EnergyAustralia’s residential and business customers on a market contract in New South Wales, South Australia and Queensland will fall for 2021/22, reflecting lower wholesale prices.

EnergyAustralia today assures the Latrobe Valley community that approval to discharge waters into the Latrobe river will be conducted in accordance with strict environmental conditions set by the Environment Protection Authority (EPA), and that the impact to water quality is expected to be negligible. 

EnergyAustralia has today confirmed that it is still working hard to progress water diversion options for the Morwell River Diversion (MRD) despite mining activity recommencing in the Maryvale mine at Yallourn in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley, following close consultation with government, regulators and unions.

Works continue this week at EnergyAustralia’s Yallourn mine in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley to seal cracks in the Morwell River Diversion (MRD) wall that appeared following the recent heavy rainfall event.