SwitchedOn Australia

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Join Anne Delaney as she tracks the electrification of everything with people at the forefront of the electrification transition.

Episode Date
Gas company shutdown pushes regional towns onto LPG, not efficient electric alternatives
Dec 09, 2025
Are households becoming shock absorbers for the energy transition?
Dec 02, 2025
How the renewable construction boom can help fix the crisis in regional housing
Nov 26, 2025
1 in 3 energy retailers potentially greenwashing – and the government program that let’s them
Nov 19, 2025
The power of good rules – how regulation builds trust in the energy transition
Nov 12, 2025
Weekly power cuts - the scandal of prepaid electricity in First Nations communities
Nov 05, 2025
The misinformation machine – how doubt fuels delay
Oct 28, 2025
A carbon price Australia might finally agree on
Oct 21, 2025
Make embedded networks work for consumers and the energy transition, not profits
Oct 15, 2025
Is the cheaper home batteries scheme ‘a colossal wasted opportunity’?
Oct 07, 2025
How to escape the gas death spiral
Oct 01, 2025
CHOICE vs the energy ‘saver’ plans that actually cost you more
Sep 23, 2025
The renewables lifeline for farmers
Sep 17, 2025
The game changing tool to protect birds in Australia’s renewable rollout
Sep 10, 2025
Electrify 2515’s early wins road testing Australia’s electric future
Sep 02, 2025
Plug in and fight back - Saul Griffith wants a consumer army to fight for energy justice
Aug 27, 2025
The bold trial challenging ‘poles and wires’ thinking
Aug 19, 2025
Heat or eat? The alarming rise of energy hardship in Australia
Aug 12, 2025
Why charging your electric vehicle at lunchtime will save on costly grid upgrades
Aug 05, 2025
So you want to install a community battery? Try something simpler first
Jul 28, 2025
We’ve been trying to fix rising electricity prices the wrong way
Jul 22, 2025
The future of farming - how renewables can reshape agriculture
Jul 15, 2025
Electricity plans should be as easy as ordering an uber
Jul 09, 2025
Trading solar: buying and selling solar power with neighbours and friends
Jul 02, 2025
Local conversations that drive home electrification and energy efficiency
Jun 24, 2025
The Tesla driving sparkie’s guide to home batteries, rebates and VPPs
Jun 18, 2025
Disrupting energy retailing, and making the market work for consumers
Jun 13, 2025
Energy efficiency – why is doing more with less so difficult?
Jun 03, 2025
Green claims on trial – parents take on a major greenhouse gas emitter
May 27, 2025
How Hay got ahead of anti-renewables misinformation to deliver affordable energy
May 20, 2025
Energy as a civil right, not just a commodity
May 13, 2025
Switching electricity plans sucks – and the startup making it easy
May 06, 2025
Australia votes: will your MP help unlock Australia’s renewable potential?
Apr 29, 2025
Batteries, not band-aids: community independent pushes clean energy as cost-of-living cure
Apr 25, 2025
The electorate that could power the transition, and the community independent who knows how
Apr 22, 2025
Solar gardening – growing power for renters
Apr 16, 2025
Farming the sun, grazing the land
Apr 08, 2025
Why we have electricity tariffs all wrong
Apr 01, 2025
So you want to install a community battery? How Yarra Energy Foundation did it.
Mar 25, 2025
Why energy complaints are soaring and consumers need better energy protection
Mar 17, 2025
The majority of Australians rely on unregulated ‘eco’ claims and greenwashing to buy electrical appliances
Mar 10, 2025
Why the energy industry keeps getting consumers wrong
Mar 03, 2025
So you want to install a community battery? Village Power’s battle to get switched on
Feb 26, 2025
Beyond the illusion of rationality: Alan Pears on fixing Australia’s energy system
Feb 17, 2025
Tailoring the transition - why renewables must fit communities, not the other way round
Feb 12, 2025
The missing links in the green energy transition
Jan 31, 2025
Summer Series: How I electrified - Rosemary
Jan 26, 2025
Summer Series: How I electrified – Mark
Jan 19, 2025
Summer Series: How I electrified – Brody
Jan 12, 2025
Summer Series: How I electrified - Sarah
Jan 05, 2025
Will Victoria’s ‘one-stop-shops’ overcome the hurdles facing household electrification?
Dec 22, 2024
Let's stop letting gas shape our thinking and build a national pathway to electrification
Dec 15, 2024
How real estate agents stonewalled renewable energy upgrades for private renters
Dec 06, 2024
Electrifying all our public hospitals is a marathon we need to start now
Nov 28, 2024
Postcodes with higher unemployment have higher rates of rooftop solar
Nov 17, 2024
Why virtual power plants will fail unless the energy system changes
Nov 10, 2024
Breaking even on rooftop solar, home batteries and 2 Teslas in just under 9 years
Nov 03, 2024
Why the energy transition needs consumers to love electricity
Oct 27, 2024
Groundbreaking community pilot to help spark the electrification of all Australian homes
Oct 20, 2024
Stop bill-shocking by forcing householders on to time-of-use electricity tariffs
Oct 08, 2024
In defence of 'community' batteries
Sep 29, 2024
How an air tight home can reduce energy costs by up to 20%
Sep 22, 2024
The Tesla-driving sparkie is back to answer householder electrification questions
Sep 15, 2024
Why the renewable ‘shiny shoes’ brigade needs to work with local communities
Sep 08, 2024
How community batteries can help the energy transition
Sep 02, 2024
Unlocking the power of hot water
Aug 25, 2024
Why solar and batteries should be installed in every school in the country
Aug 18, 2024
How 50,000 households can displace a gas peaker plant
Aug 11, 2024
Taking the pain out of an energy upgrade
Aug 04, 2024
The future could be even brighter
Jul 28, 2024
Households need information, not just discounted ‘green finance’
Jul 18, 2024
The electrician who swapped his diesel guzzling ute for a Tesla
Jul 09, 2024
Community investors power 20 MW of solar, cut fossil fuels, and slash energy bills
Jun 30, 2024
How to make a house carbon negative and displace other people’s fossil fuels as well as your own
Jun 23, 2024
Why consumers won't join virtual power plants when we have EVs with bidirectional charging
Jun 16, 2024
Energy retailers make money by keeping consumers disengaged and the energy market complex
Jun 09, 2024
E-bikes & their essential role in net zero transport, but not with poor quality bikes
Jun 02, 2024
Free electricity for every household’s essential energy needs could deliver energy equity
May 26, 2024
A missed opportunity to deliver permanent energy bill relief and plug the looming gas supply gap
May 19, 2024
Community batteries are failing to deliver value for energy consumers, or reduce bills
May 12, 2024
We’ve barely scratched the surface of how much energy efficiency can help the energy transition
May 05, 2024
Australians need new energy standards to make informed decisions about our home appliances
Apr 28, 2024
NZ is one of the first countries to reach an electrification tipping point
Apr 21, 2024
Labor’s strategy to reduce energy bills and emissions – too much planning, not enough doing?
Apr 14, 2024
Community focused energy projects more likely to win hearts and minds for the energy transition
Apr 08, 2024
Australia at risk of being flooded by cheap, inefficient ‘faux’ hot water heat pumps
Mar 28, 2024
Low-cost Government loans for all Australian residences could help everyone electrify
Mar 24, 2024
How First Nations communities are solving long standing energy security problems with renewables
Mar 18, 2024
Developers are locking customers into inflated energy prices they can’t escape from for years
Mar 11, 2024
Why a home battery is a good idea to buy this year if you have rooftop solar
Mar 03, 2024
'I was sick of spending all that money, and sick of being cold' - how Sarah electrified
Feb 25, 2024
Rooftop solar, batteries, EVs and heat pumps could save Australians $19 billion in energy costs
Feb 18, 2024
Fight climate change - become an electrician!
Feb 08, 2024
From 100% dirty diesel to 70% solar powered, Lord Howe Island is going electric without wind
Dec 18, 2023
A 'renovation wave' could be the least costly pathway for our energy transition
Dec 10, 2023
How a health check for your home can help upgrade its energy efficiency
Nov 26, 2023
Electrifying our cars and energy storage must include plans for end of life batteries
Nov 19, 2023
It takes a village to build a nation’s energy efficiency and electrification program
Nov 12, 2023
A 'one-stop-shop' making finance and installations possible for more households.
Oct 29, 2023
What Australian householders can learn from the US Inflation Reduction Act
Oct 23, 2023
Lending regulations need to be modified to finance household electrification at scale
Oct 15, 2023
Why choosing an induction stove is a gateway decision for getting rid of gas from our homes
Oct 08, 2023
Australia could save $8 billion every year by changing more light globes
Sep 24, 2023
How energy efficiency will save money and decarbonise the grid faster
Sep 17, 2023
Distrust of the energy industry could slow the rollout of all-electric households
Sep 10, 2023
The future of energy is local, in our smart all-electric homes
Sep 03, 2023
We can't build cities around cars, even if they're electric
Aug 27, 2023
How a Republican Mayor in the US uses local government powers to electrify his city
Aug 20, 2023
Stop laying gas traps for the uninformed
Aug 13, 2023
Put a date on gas and stop digging a bigger hole for us all to get out of
Aug 06, 2023
How the WA town of Esperance transitioned off network gas in just 12 months
Aug 06, 2023
A renewable energy and energy efficiency company offering a 'one stop shop' for electrification
Jul 30, 2023
Not knowing all the answers is not a reason not to start - the ACT's plan for an all-electric future
Jul 30, 2023
Communities taking back the power
Jul 23, 2023
Difficult, confusing, annoying and expensive - an energy expert's experience of going all-electric
Jul 23, 2023
We can electrify the smart way, or the slow and expensive way.
Jul 16, 2023
Heat pumps are the most efficient heating technology ever invented
Jul 12, 2023