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Research
26 April 2021
3 min read
Digital Energy Futures helping to better understand emerging energy technology trends
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News
13 March 2025
2 min read
DMO is not an effective safety net for consumers
Media release: The Default Market Offer (DMO) exists to protect people, particularly those in vulnerable circumstances, from paying disproportionately high electricity prices. It’s not working effectively if it is priced up to 25% above more competitive offers.
News
17 August 2021
6 min read
Do Australians really want more information about their energy use?
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News
27 May 2025
8 min read
Doing the right thing by consumers – an aspirational utopia or an enforceable duty?
Should we just hope energy companies do the right thing, or should they be required to?
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News
19 March 2026
3 min read
ECA response to Gas Networks in Transition Directions Paper
Media release: Energy Consumers Australia urges the Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) to put the interests of consumers first as gas networks decline, following today’s release of the AEMC’s Gas Networks in Transition Directions Paper.
02 August 2023
6 min read
Electricity distribution network utilisation – why it’s important to consumers, and why we need to update how we measure it 
News
16 December 2020
2 min read
Electricity prices falling for businesses with more reductions forecast
30 October 2018
2 min read
Electricity’s future, behind the meter: Innovation in Energy Services Workshop 1
News
04 October 2023
3 min read
End gas connections and help consumers save $2,250 a year

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