Featured publication Hero publication Our research | December 3, 2024
Access data and insights from the Consumer Energy Report card, our comprehensive research and analysis project about Australian household and small business energy consumers.
Featured publication Hero publication Our research | December 3, 2024
Access data and insights from the Consumer Energy Report card, our comprehensive research and analysis project about Australian household and small business energy consumers.
Featured publication Hero publication Our research | December 3, 2024
Read the first report from our Consumer Energy Report Card, about consumer perspectives on Australia’s energy transition.
Featured publication Hero publication Our research | September 13, 2024
We commissioned Dynamic Analysis to provide insight into the direction of network prices for Jemena’s gas customers in New South Wales. Read the report.
Featured publication Hero publication Our research | August 27, 2024
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.
Submissions | December 15, 2022
As the dispatchable storage market is in its early stages of development with several technical, commercial, social and regulatory barriers to overcome, it makes sense to consider how network service providers (NSPs) can play a valuable role to help further develop this niche.
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Presentations | December 13, 2022
Energy Consumers Australia Chief Executive Officer Lynne Gallagher delivered this presentation to the Brotherhood of St. Laurence BSL Talks
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Our research | December 13, 2022
ECA has commissioned qualitative research into how Australians manage their energy bills and what their preferences are.
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Submissions | December 9, 2022
Energy Consumers Australia recommends that the AER ensures that distribution network service providers (DNSPs) approach to the roll-out of flexible exports is transparent and communicated in a clear and understandable manner to both industry (including solar retailers and installers) and consumers.
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Submissions | November 29, 2022
As the AER rightfully acknowledges, the current market has only amplified the significance of the DMO as a tool to protect consumers from unreasonably high prices.
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Our research | November 23, 2022
This report, jointly commissioned by ECA and Renew, explores the views of Australians towards energy efficient housing and related issues.
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Submissions | November 22, 2022
“How” technical standards are mandated and enforced, and “who” is responsible for mandating and enforcing, are the two key questions we see as unanswered in the current technical standards process.
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Submissions | November 22, 2022
DNSPs should only impose static exports on CER in rare cases. Read our recommendations to find out when.
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Submissions | November 22, 2022
In a market that will only get more complex, we advocate for an improved consumer protections framework.
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Our research | November 16, 2022
The importance of cost reflective tariff signals is likely to increase as electrification introduces new loads to the grid, while both consumer-sited and intermittent renewable generation change the nature of electricity supply. The increasing benefit and decreasing cost of more granular tariff signals will likely result in further network tariff reform.
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