Paul Newman

Oct 4, 2024 | lexology.com | Dan Brown |Dale Gill |Paul Newman |Carl Franzmann |Ethan Low

In our September update, we take a look at the latest rule changes and market updates affecting participants in the Australian electricity and gas markets. What you need to doStakeholders should note the market updates below, and note any impacts on their compliance obligations.

Aug 7, 2024 | lexology.com | Dan Brown |Dale Gill |Cassandra Wee |Kate Phillips |Paul Newman |Ethan Low | +1 more

In our July update, we take a look at the latest rule changes and market updates affecting participants in the Australian electricity and gas markets. What you need to doStakeholders should note the market updates below, and note any impacts on their compliance obligations. National Electricity RulesOn 25 July 2024, the Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) released its draft determination and more preferable draft rule on its Integrating price-responsive resources into the NEM rule change.

Jan 22, 2024 | lexology.com | Paul Newman

United KingdomJanuary 22 2024The Avon Cosmetics case is the latest word from the High Court on the conditions required for saving a pension scheme amendment that is partially invalid due to failing to comply with the scheme’s amendment power. It confirms the requirement to consider whether the parties to the amendment would have entered into it had they known of the true scope of the amendment power, but emphasises that that involves an objective rather than a subjective investigation.

Jun 28, 2023 | lexology.com | Paul Newman

Introduction1. Whether, as parts of the Internet would have you believe, `may you live in interesting times' is an ancient Chinese curse, or as others more prosaically suggest it comes from an 1898 speech of Joseph Chamberlain to Parliament "I think that you will all agree that we are living in most interesting times ..." references to `interest' currently litter daily news reports, as mortgage holders suffer a surge in interest rates amidst other economic turbulence. 2.

Apr 24, 2023 | ashurst.com | Paul Newman

Global law firm Ashurst has advised Eku Energy on its successful bid to develop, own and operate the Big Canberra Battery for the ACT Government. The Big Canberra Battery is a 250 MW / 500 MWh battery energy storage system that can supply energy to one-third of Canberra for two hours during peak demand periods.