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The flexible trading arrangement (FTA) rule change, proposed by the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO), has been positioned as a way consumers can access more value from their CER, by incentivising flexible demand that can support the operation of the system, while not needing to change their behaviour for their everyday electricity use.

Robust consumer protections such as the DMO are needed to safeguard consumers from unjustifiably high price increases.

30% increases will be hard to absorb for consumers already struggling with rising energy costs.

We do agree that there is room to improve consumer awareness and understanding of the reference price.

Building the evidence base of the energy costs facing small and medium enterprises.

Energy Consumers Australia supports the Congestion Market Mechanism (CMM) and Connection Zones with Connection Fees options in the Consultation Paper because they will deliver the benefits that effective transmission access reform offers.

Our submission to the AER on their Retailer Authorisation and Exemption Review sets out our thinking on the need for a new consumer protections framework as we transition to a distributed energy future

Protecting customers affected by family violence is the responsibility of us all. That’s why we commend the AEMC for strengthening the rule change proposed by Red Energy and Lumo Energy.

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.

Energy Consumers Australia encourages the Australian Energy Market Commission to reject the rule change and ensure AEMO fees are subject to the same scrutiny as other network costs.