A few weeks ago, we responded to the recently-released report from the Victorian Government’s review of the state’s electricity market. We were quite happy to put our hand up and say we agree with nine of the 11 recommendations of the Thwaites Review. Now the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has released the preliminary… Read More
Keeping things simple means keeping costs down
When we decided to start GloBird Energy we knew we had to get two things right: the technical side and the human side (you can read more about that in this previous post). Those two elements intersect when it comes to the plans we offer. Firstly, we were determined to make them as good or… Read More
Can you just tell me how much electricity costs?
This is far and away the most common question people ask and it’s no surprise that they get (more) frustrated when we can’t give them a simple answer. They expect us to be able to say “27 cents per kWh” or “32 cents per kWh” or something equally definitive and understandable. But, unfortunately, it isn’t… Read More
GloBird Energy responds to the Victorian Government’s review of electricity prices – Part 2
In our last post, we commented on the 9 recommendations of the Independent Review of the Electricity and Gas Retail Markets in Victoria with which we agree. The Thwaites Review, we think, has done a pretty good job of investigating what’s happening in the Victorian electricity market and what sort of changes should be made… Read More
GloBird Energy responds to the Victorian Government’s review of electricity prices – Part 1
Late last year, the Victorian Government commissioned a review into the state’s electricity market. It was carried out by two former ministers, Terry Mulder and John Thwaites, and company director and business consultant Patricia Faulkner. In August, the panel delivered a report which contained 11 recommendations. Contrary to some media reports that these changes ‘will… Read More
Why we talk about Victorian electricity prices
In our last blog post, How much are Victorians paying for electricity – in relative terms, we used a handful of references to gather some data and then crunched those numbers. They were official and trustworthy references, including the Australian Bureau of Statistics, the Australian Energy Market Commission, the World Energy Council, and the US… Read More