Energy Queensland

Energy Queensland has been in business for more than a hundred years. In a century of delivering electrical power to a northeastern Australian territory two and a half times the size of Texas, the company has risen to every challenge of its harsh rural terrain. But lately, advances in renewable energy have begun to test Energy Queensland’s capacity like never before. As solar power becomes cheaper and more feasible, large solar farms are emerging in the company’s territory, seeking to feed electricity back into a grid designed for the one-way flow of power. At the same time, grid-independent home solar is becoming cost-competitive with electrical rates, putting downward pressure on the utility’s operating costs.