Research

Energy Consumers Australia conducts a range of research with consumers, from our Consumer Energy Report Card survey (with SEC Newgate) and related analysis reports, to focus groups and vox pops with people across the country. We produce our own policy reports and we also commission expert research when there is an evidence-base gap to enable our ongoing advocacy for households and small businesses.

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06 February 2025
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Consumer Energy Report Card: How households use gas and their attitudes towards electrification
Read our latest report in the Consumer Energy Report Card series, which outlines how Australian households use gas and their attitudes towards electrification.
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12 June 2025
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Report: Opportunities for CER participation in wholesale markets and grid services
Our new report, commissioned with Rennie Advisory, shows how international solutions can lower electricity prices and energy system costs, through better integrating Consumer Energy Resources (CER), like household solar and batteries, and demand response into our National Electricity Market (NEM).
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27 August 2024
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Analysis: Cost-reflective network tariffs aren’t very cost-reflective
Our analysis shows 'cost-reflective' tariffs don't necessarily reflect distribution network costs - and it's unclear whether transferring all customers to a ‘cost-reflective’ network tariff will lead to lower energy network costs for consumers.
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30 August 2021
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Australia’s Energy Transition: A Snapshot of the Changing Policy Landscape
This report provides visibility on energy policies in all jurisdictions to give a better understanding of the overall impacts on consumers and the system.
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27 July 2021
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Community Attitudes to Rooftop Solar and the AEMC's Proposed Reforms
The report finds that 69% of Australians feel positively about the proposed reforms with only 6% viewing them negatively.
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29 November 2024
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Community Listening
Our vox pops with household and small business energy consumers across Australia.
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16 January 2025
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Consumer Energy Report Card: Consumer knowledge of electricity pricing and responsiveness to price signals
Read our latest report in the Consumer Energy Report Card series, which illustrates how consumers are responding to dynamic pricing.
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03 December 2024
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Consumer Energy Report Card: Consumer perspectives on Australia's energy transition
Read the first report from our new Consumer Energy Report Card survey, about consumer perspectives on Australia's energy transition.
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13 December 2022
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Consumer Pricing Preferences Report
We have commissioned qualitative research into how Australians manage their energy bills and what their preferences are.
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14 January 2021
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Consumer Values, Expectations and Needs
This initiative is to ensure we have an energy transition led by consumer choice and values which will deliver a future in which energy is affordable and system security and reliability is sustainable.
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15 August 2019
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Effectiveness of Household Energy Efficiency Interventions in Advanced Economies
The project featured a systematic review of published household energy efficiency interventions in advanced economies to assess what works and what doesn’t work.
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