Energy + Water / Are you paying more than other customers for the same energy plan? An excerpt from CHOICE: The way energy retailers fiddle with their prices can bring on bewilderment for even the most... 19 Jun 2024 Energy / 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... 17 May 2024 Energy / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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