Tony Wood, Grattan Institute and Guy Dundas, Grattan Institute This week we’re exploring the state of nine different policy areas across Australia’s states, as detailed in Grattan Institute’s State Orange Book 2018. Read the other articles in the series here....
In 2016, around 16.5 percent of Australian households were benefiting from solar powered electricity¹. Fast forward to 2018 and the popularity of solar electricity continues to grow. In fact, electricity industry analyst SunWiz predicts there’s going to be a massive...
Bruce Mountain, Victoria University Australia’s residential electricity prices are amongst the highest in the world so it’s not hard to see why customers have been up in arms about high prices. Comparing the charges for electricity retail services in Australia...
Tony Wood, Grattan Institute The energy sector was supposed to be the showcase for privatisation and market deregulation. Yet in 2017, this premise is being sorely tested – no more so than in electricity retailing, where competition has failed to...
Energy consumers in NSW, Queensland, and Tasmania are spending between $100 and $400 extra on their energy bills because state-owned power networks have spent up to A$20 billion more on poles, wires and other energy infrastructure than was needed according...
Many energy consumers are just too busy to ensure they are always receiving a competitive price or are confused by energy bills and offers. A survey of 140 Illawarra residents by the Illawarra Regional Information Service (IRIS) found that 66 percent...
