Energy + Water / Power Pain Amps Up NSW households and small businesses struggling to pay soaring electricity bills face forking out more than $340m extra next financial... 22 Mar 2024 Energy + Water / Electricity price announcement signals a welcome shift in priorities The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) says today’s Default Market Offer (DMO) 2024–25 Draft Determination signals a welcome shift by... 19 Mar 2024 Energy + Water / After 17 days with no power, Richard wants better answers … Public Interest Advocacy Centre consumer advocate Craig Memery said distribution companies should have more portable batteries and petrol generators... 3 Mar 2024 Energy + Water / 2SER: Tackling unfair embedded networks With energy bills rising, most of us take it for granted that we can switch to a different supplier with... 29 Feb 2024 Energy + Water / Australia’s transmission task needs a new approach – let’s open it up to competition In particular, the AEMC determined that TNSPs recovering their costs as incurred rather than as commissioned would mean that consumers... 29 Sep 2023 Energy + Water / Eraring extension unnecessary: Government has cheaper, cleaner options The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) has called on the NSW Government to adopt a program of reliable, sustainable energy... 28 Aug 2023 Energy + Water / 2SER: Turning down the gas The Australian Government has committed to reaching Net Zero emissions by 2050 and we need to make big cuts by... 25 Aug 2023 Energy + Water / “We can electrify the smart way, or the slow and expensive way” …To electrify the smart way Australia needs an electrification plan, argues Craig Memery, Senior energy advisor for the Public Interest... 18 Jul 2023 Energy + Water / Consumer groups welcome Knock to Stay Connected customer code for energy companies Consumer groups and the financial counselling sector have welcomed the launch of a new customer code for the energy sector.... 15 Jun 2023 Energy + Water / Government dragging its feet regulating Buy Now Pay Later sector, causing more grief for the vulnerable Only a few years ago, Buy Now Pay Later was hailed as the ultimate in consumer credit innovation. The current... 20 Mar 2023