Submissions

Energy Consumers Australia (ECA) welcomes the Australian Energy Market Commission’s (AEMC) Pricing Review and its ambition to modernise electricity pricing, so it delivers fair and sustainable outcomes as the energy system evolves.

Read our comment on the Strengthening the Prohibiting Energy Market Misconduct provisions in the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (CCA) consultation.

Our submission to the Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) asserts that current wholesale market settings remain much higher than necessary to maintain reliability.

Our submission welcomes the NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW)'s proposed reforms to retail electricity tariffs as an important step in strengthening consumer protections.

We support the Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC)'s draft determination to improve clarity for households and small businesses seeking to cease gas use. Clearer information about retail contract termination is needed, to help ensure certainty for consumers about billing, liability and safety.

Our submission supports improvements to the Retail Guidelines while acknowledging that persistent consumer issues largely arise from structural market features.

Energy Consumers Australia has made a joint submission with other Victorian consumer advocates on the Victorian Default Offer 2026-27 (VDO) Request for Comment Paper. 

We welcome the ambition for the Solar Sharer Offer to play a key role in maximising the benefits of abundant solar generation – and ensuring those benefits are shared equitably by all consumers.

Our response to the AER’s review of the Default Market Offer for 2026–27 calls for a genuine safety net for disengaged and vulnerable consumers, especially amid rising energy prices and cost-of-living pressures.