In the tropical state of Queensland where I live, winter tends to be inconvenient. Eg, In 2021, the Victorian government amended the state constitution to permanently ban jailbreaking. The Ukraine war may have provided the last straw, but state governments by climate activists have contributed more than their share to the gas price pain. Weston Energy CEO Garbis Simonian said gas prices have nearly tripled since the start of the year as a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which Moscow calls a “special military operation”. The collapse of Weston Energy underscores the energy price concerns facing Australia’s new Labor government, as it pushes to rapidly expand renewable energy to replace gas and coal. The Essential Services Commission on Tuesday suspended private gas retailer Weston Energy from the wholesale gas market for failing to meet financial security requirements and said 184 medium and large customers company will be transferred to other suppliers. global gas supply due to sanctions against Russia for Ukraine’s aggression. MELBOURNE, May 24 (Reuters) – A gas seller supplying 7% of the eastern Australian market has collapsed as global gas prices skyrocket, the first significant loss in the country as a result of the crisis. Global gas crisis claims first Australian casualty in trading H / t JoNova Soaring wholesale gas prices have plunged the federal government into our new climate into its first energy supply crisis.
