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The national voice for residential and small business energy consumers.
We work to ensure consumers have their values, expectations and needs met through a modern, flexible and resilient energy system. Find out more
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Featured Posts Main Feature Media release | August 12, 2022
Energy partnership to tackle threshold issue of energy affordability
Energy Consumers Australia welcomes the work undertaken by Energy Ministers in developing a new National Energy Transformation Partnership and supports the vision to deliver the greatest benefits for Australian households, businesses and communities.
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Submissions | August 4, 2022
Submission to the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning on Voltage Management in Distribution Networks Consultation
For such non-network solutions to compete fairly with traditional network approaches requires that third-party providers have access to the same data and information that network companies have on voltage within the distribution system.
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Commentary | July 20, 2022
Newsletter: July 2022
In this month’s newsletter, our CEO, Lynne Gallagher, discusses the collapse of consumer confidence and trust amidst the failure of the energy market and what comes next.
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Energy Consumers Australia is the independent, national voice for residential and small business energy consumers.
We enable residential and small business energy consumers to have their voices heard by the sector by working with other consumer groups to gather evidence-based research with a national perspective, distil it to key viewpoints, and feed it back to the market to influence outcomes.
Our vision for the market
Affordable energy for households and small businesses.
Individualised energy services that give consumers choice and control.
Optimised energy system that minimises cost for consumers.
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Apply through our new and improved online application system which makes the process quicker and easier.
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Has COVID-19 or the bushfires presented challenges with managing your energy bills? If so, please share your story with us.
Consumers driving change
Key to optimising our energy system is providing genuine choice and control to households and small businesses, embracing them as partners in change.
Energy services must be built around individuals to reflect their unique circumstances; enabling people to easily manage their own use and costs.
Households and small businesses are willing partners in change if provided the tools and support they need – whether that be information, data, new affordable technology or other supports.