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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‘The prices are so much more’: how apartment dwellers get locked into bad power deals
Program director Douglas McCloskey said the structural disadvantages people living in embedded networks faced would hit “particularly hard” if energy prices continued to rise. “People living in embedded networks should have a right to access the energy they need as affordably and fairly as everyone else,” he said.
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AEMO flags level three ‘lack of reserve’ notice across SA, VIC, NSW and Tasmania
Profiteering and bad behaviour would need to be reviewed in the wake of the energy crunch, according to the Public Interest Advocacy Centre’s Craig Memery. “I expect there will be big reviews over the next year that find some* generation businesses have been profiteering through bad behaviour in the #energycrisis. It’s particularly off when you…
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Power companies accused of engineering crisis for profit
Multibillion-dollar power companies are being accused by regulators of driving the power shortages striking the nation in order to receive more compensation payments.
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Welcome news: increased financial assistance for NSW households facing rising energy bills
The Public Interest Advocacy Centre’s Energy + Water Consumers’ Advocacy Program welcomes the NSW Government’s announcement of additional support for NSW households struggling to afford rising energy bills. NSW Treasurer and Minister for Energy, Matt Kean, today announced an increase in the cap on the Energy Accounts Payment Assistance (EAPA) scheme from $1200 to $1600…
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2SER interview re Renewable Energy Zones
Craig Memery, who leads PIACs Energy + Water Consumer Advocacy Program discusses: The closure of the Eraring coal fired power station The State Gov’s enviromental policy REZ’s (Renewable Energy Zones)
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Roadmap secures NSW energy future
The Public Interest Advocacy Centre applauds the NSW government and Energy and Environment Minister Matt Kean for announcing an ambitious plan to make the state a renewable energy superpower, while driving down electricity costs and making energy more resilient and reliable. PIAC welcomes the NSW Electricity Infrastructure Roadmap, which is expected to lower household bills…
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Climate and Energy Forum
We should build a low carbon economy, not just because it’s good for the environment but because it’s good for the state and the country. – The Hon. Matt Kean MP, NSW Minister for Energy and Environment Thank you to everyone who attended PIAC’s zoom forum on 14 October, and heard from a panel of…
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Minister’s certainty on gas a win for consumers and environment
Leading energy consumer advocate, the Public Interest Advocacy Centre has welcomed NSW Energy and Environment Minister, Matt Kean’s statements confirming gas has no long-term future in the state. The Minister on Tuesday said, ‘the business case for gas is on the clock’, gas ‘may be useful in the short term’, but wind, solar, pumped hydro…
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New Renewable Energy Zone a win for NSW households
The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) energy and water consumers’ advocacy program welcomes the announcement by the NSW government of a new Renewable Energy Zone in the New England region. As advocates for affordable and sustainable energy for NSW households, PIAC supports the NSW government increasing the amount of renewable energy in the system and…
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Major consumer-led energy reform finalised
The Public Interest Advocacy Centre, the Australia Institute, and Total Environment Centre today welcomed a ‘demand response’ reform of Australia’s electricity market that will improve reliability and reduce prices for consumers. The groups also welcome the AEMC’s decision to maintain the early, 2021 implementation date for the rule which they had advocated for. The three…