The great lithium load shift takes a DEEP bite out of gas

Batteries are charging up in the middle of the day and then releasing that charge in the evening, which has eaten into gas power output.

NOTE: this chart shows **change** in average hourly gigawatt output or input for each technology between Q4 2024 and Q4 2025 (not absolute actual generation!)
Chart: Ketan Joshi, The Australia InstituteSource: AEMOGet the dataCreated with Datawrapper