Energy
Media and commentary related to our work to protect consumer rights and ensure everyone in our community can access the affordable, efficient and clean energy they need.
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Renew Economy: Generators clash over Vales Point cash demand, but small retailers say they are the real victims
We expressed concerns around demands for funding from one of NSW’s last coal power plants.
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ABC News: As household solar and batteries grow in Australia, a new market is emerging for the data sitting behind smart meters
Douglas McCloskey, Program Director of our Energy and Water Justice team, said customers should have better access to their smart meter data.
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The Saturday Paper: How Santos targets climate activists with ‘lawfare’
Principal Solicitor Ellen Tilbury explained why Santos’ legal tactic could curtail public interest litigation.
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ABC Radio National: Broken Hill residents “lose trust” in power grid
Craig Memery, a Senior Advisor in our Energy and Water team, explained why regional communities need urgent energy grid upgrades.
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NSW Consumer Energy Strategy provides a welcome vision for reform
The NSW Government’s Consumer Energy Strategy commits to ambitious targets, but further detail will be vital to make meaningful change.
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Renew Economy: NSW aims for a million solar battery homes in landmark consumer energy strategy for no coal grid
Energy and Water Justice Program Director Douglas McCloskey said reforms are making the system fairer, but much more is needed.
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2SER: Debt and Disconnection
Senior Policy Officer Thea Bray joined 2SER Breakfast to discuss the Energy and Water Justice Program’s new Powerless report.
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ABC News: Higher income households across NSW increasingly struggling to stay on top of their energy bills
Nearly every household is struggling to pay their energy bills, Senior Policy Officer Thea Bray told the ABC.
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Unaffordable energy leaves more working households facing disconnection
Our new research shows more working families, people with mid-range incomes and households with mortgages are facing disconnection because of unaffordable energy bills.
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Solar power tariff a fair cost for using the grid
Energy experts at the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) say new tariff arrangements that include a small charge for solar panel owners in NSW to sell energy during the middle of the day help make the cost of maintaining the energy grid fairer for everyone. After years of consultation with the community, electricity network businesses…