What Is the ACCC’s Role in Monitoring Electricity Prices? Last year, we wrote a couple of posts about the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s Retail Electricity Pricing Inquiry report*, which concluded in June 2018, and the recommendations it contained. In a nutshell, we thought what the ACCC produced was pretty fair, including the fact that… Read More
Is it unrealistic to expect no blackouts?
Real-World Blackouts: Lessons from Around the World In June, there was a massive blackout across Argentina and Uruguay, leaving 48 million people without power from around 7 am on a Sunday morning. It took several hours for authorities to even begin restoring power, which meant thousands of homes in the capital Buenos Aires were also… Read More
Win a year’s FREE energy: We have a WINNER!
Over the last couple of months, we have given new customers the opportunity to win a year’s free energy. Having said that, we have a winner – and would like to congratulate P. Dal Santo! To all others who entered the competition, we’d like to thank you for doing so, and wish you the best… Read More
Victorian energy bills have changed
If you live in Victoria, you might have noticed some changes to your energy bills. We’d like to take you through them so you can have a good understanding of the changes and why they’ve been made. Regardless of your political leanings, it’s worth acknowledging that the Victorian government is trying to make things better… Read More
Is demand response the answer to all our energy woes?
About a week ago, The Australia Institute – an independent public policy think tank based in Canberra – released a report Keeping up with the competition: Global trend to demand response. It makes a lot of interesting points about how demand response could impact on the Australian energy market, not least by reducing prices. As… Read More
Compressed Air Storage Joins Australia’s Grid
We’ve noted previously that the energy mix in Australia is changing, as greater generation and supply from renewable sources kicks in. We won’t go over old ground as to how problematic that is for the ‘old school’ generators and suppliers, as the demand for their baseload power fluctuates significantly … other than to say that… Read More