Publications

  • Submission to IPART Monitoring the NSW energy retail markets 2021-22 Draft report

    PIAC made a submission to the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal’s (IPART) Monitoring the NSW energy retail market 2021-22 Draft Report. In this submission we outline PIAC’s understanding of competition from a consumer outcomes perspective. We overlay the Australian Energy Regulator’s (AER) insights from their Towards Energy Equity Strategy, and provide our analysis of current…

  • Save4Good: Insights into Retailer Practices

    All Sustainable Futures Inc (ASF) undertook a sustainability initiative called Save4Good in the Port Kembla community in NSW, from August 2019 to April 2021. The program engaged households and small to medium enterprises to help them save money and reduce their greenhouse gas emissions through energy and water saving products and advice. In delivering the…

  • Submission to Joint Standing Committee on the NDIS inquiry into the Capability and Culture of the NDIA

    PIAC made a submission to the Federal Parliament’s Joint Standing Committee on the NDIS’s inquiry into the Capability and Culture of the NDIA. Our submission noted our strong support for the NDIS and belief in its potential to improve the lives of people with disability; while recognising there is room for improvement in the way…

  • Submission to Essential Energy’s Draft 2024-29 Tariff Structure Statement

    PIAC made a submission to Essential Energy’s Draft 2024-29 Tariff Structure Statement (TSS). The TSS outlined Essential Energy’s proposed tariffs for 2024-2029 and provided justification for those tariffs. In particular the TSS included discussion on consumer energy resources cost-reflective network charges and two-way pricing. PIAC’s submission supported the rapid adoption of cost-reflective network charges (CRNT).…

  • Submission to Ausgrid’s 2024-2029 Pricing Directions Paper

    PIAC made a submission to Ausgrid’s 2024-2029 Pricing Directions Paper (the Paper). The Paper sought feedback on Ausgrid’s proposed pricing reforms and tariff innovation. Proposed pricing reforms included introducing export pricing, updating (and expanding) charging windows, and introducing tariffs for embedded networks. Tariff innovation included trials for energy storage, flexible load and dynamic cost-reflective tariffs.…

  • Submission to AER Export tariff guidelines exploratory paper

    PIAC made a submission to the Australian Energy Regulator’s (AER) Export tariff guidelines exploratory paper. In this submission we noted that the purpose of cost relfective network tariffs is to allow retailers to respond to price signals about efficient network costs and help consumers efficiently manage their electricity use, generation, and storage. Accordingly, retailers should…

  • Submission to AER Incentivising and measuring export services performance

    PIAC made a submission to the Australian Energy Regulator’s (AER) Incentivising and measuring export services performance consultation paper. In this submission we recommended against the use of financial incentives to promote the delivery of export services given these could inappropriately reward service providers while doing little to address the issues and services that consumers value…

  • Submission to the UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

    PIAC made a submission to the UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment ahead of its country visit to Australia in October 2022. Our submission focuses on two key areas in Australia’s national system of onshore immigration detention: access to healthcare and the misuse of restraints, such…

  • Submission to AEMC Establishing revenue determinations for Intending TNSPs – Draft determination

    PIAC made a submission to the Australian Energy Market Commission’s (AEMC) Establishing revenue determinations for Intending TNSPs draft determination. In this submission, we supported closing regulatory gaps creating uncertainty regarding the ability of the Australian Energy Regulator (AER) to make a revenue determination for intending TNSPs. PIAC expressed support for the proposed draft rule on grounds…

  • Submission to AEMC Delaying implementation of the AER billing guideline consultation paper

    PIAC made a submission to the Australian Energy Market Commission’s (AEMC) Consultation Paper Delaying implementation of the AER Billing guideline.  Given that the Australian Energy Regulator’s (AER) Better Bills Guideline has significant benefits for consumers, we are disappointed that its implementation might be delayed. In this submission we asked the AEMC to ensure that any…

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