From a more efficient furnace to increased recycling, a South Australian glass plant is moving to cut its energy use to provide savings for itself and potential benefits to other users. And it's qualified for a new efficiency scheme.
South Australian Energy Minister Tom Koutsantonis has threatened to use regulatory powers to "protect South Australian jobs", if a merger between Santos and WA-headquartered giant Woodside goes ahead.
Daniel Andrews says Victoria remains reliant on old, inefficient and unreliable coal-fired power stations that must be replaced and that could mean much higher power prices in the meantime.
South Australia's energy minister launches defence of gas industry, saying his state's global leadership in the switch to green power would not be possible without the fuel.