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Finder has named its finalists in the Finder Green Awards, highlighting the Australian businesses striving for excellence in sustainablity. 

Families were finding themselves forced to choose between heating their homes and putting food on the table, while businesses throughout the UK closed their doors for good.

The energy market operator has warned Australia's eastern states are facing severe gas shortages with grim forecast adding to bad news that electricity bills are also set to soar.

Small energy retailers are calling for urgent government help to remain afloat as the majors push through big increases in tariffs.

24 May 2021 The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has been asked to investigate potential market gaming in the NSW electricity market over the last week, where prices have repeatedly jumped to the market cap despite no big spikes in demand or supply problems. Market participants have been stunned by the huge volatility in prices in NSW, and the actions that big utilities have taken in keeping gas generators idle or running down the output of their coal generators. One retailer and several market analysts have also blamed a last desperate effort by energy incumbents to profit befo...