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Send us Fan Mail Season 3 of AEMO On Air is underway 🎙️ In the first episode for 2026, we speak with Kerry Galloway, AEMO’s Manager of Market Insights, about a milestone quarter for Australia’s energy transition following the launch of AEMO’s Q4 2025 Quarterly Energy Dynamics (QED) report. For the first time ever, renewables and storage supplied more than half of total energy needs across the east and west coast grids in Q4, with WA’s WEM reaching an extraordinary 91% renewab...
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Send us Fan Mail From record renewable generation to falling wholesale electricity prices, AEMO’s latest Quarterly Energy Dynamics (QED) report reveals how household and grid-scale batteries are transforming when and how electricity is used, stored and supplied. In the latest episode of AEMO On Air, we unpack the September quarter’s biggest trends with AEMO’s Manager - Market Insights and Fee Structures, Kerry Galloway, including the growing influence of batteries, which supplied 8% of evenin...
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