Electricity prices are going up again by as much as 25% on July 1. The advice to consumers is to shop around to get the best deal. Yet neither electricity bills nor comparison sites are user-friendly.
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Energy poverty puts people’s health and wellbeing at risk, but many vulnerable households go undetected. Trusted intermediaries, such as doctors and community workers, can help solve this problem.
it’s hard to justify buying a battery right now on cost savings alone. If other reasons also matter to you, it’s easier to justify.
Michelle & Bruce Mountain.
In this podcast, Michelle Grattan talks with Professor Bruce Mountain, Director of the Victoria Energy Policy Centre
People struggling to pay their power bills may never have anticipated experiencing such hardship. It’s time to tackle energy equity head-on.
What is the electricity grid and how does it work? How are energy supply and prices determined? An expert breaks down a few of the terms and ideas underpinning Australia’s energy crisis.
It’s been unusually cold, and energy prices are soaring. That spells trouble for the quarter of Australians who have very cold homes.
Electricity is an essential service. Acting quickly is crucial to avoid households falling into hardship, and businesses closing their doors.
There’s no evidence the Australian government’s so-called ‘Big Stick" power pricing law have achieved anything, or were ever needed.
Australia might be a long way away, but fossil fuel price spikes triggered by the Russian invasion of Ukraine are hitting households hard. We could have avoided this pain.
I sifted through 30 power retailers’ offers to save on my home bills. Then I checked - and discovered I’d been switched to a more expensive plan.
An official report on Thursday said blackouts are not expected this summer. But consumers will still have to pay through the nose to make the system more reliable.
There has never been a better time for public money to go into improving the performance of Australian housing. We could have cut household bills and emissions, as well as saving construction jobs.
After a decade of rising electricity bills, prices are projected to fall thanks to new renewable generation.
The government wants the power to break up power companies if they keep prices high. There’s little to suggest it would achieve much.
Trying to keep cool this summer while not blowing the power bill? A new mobile game aims to encourage energy efficiency - and research shows it can be more effective than simple advertising campaigns.
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Associate Professor of Economics, Griffith University
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Associate Professor, Griffith University
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Senior Lecturer, School of Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University
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Associate Professor of Industrial and Applied Mathematics, University of South Australia
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Lecturer, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University
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Professor of Environmental Mathematics, University of South Australia
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Adjunct Professor, University of Technology Sydney
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Director, Victoria Energy Policy Centre, Victoria University
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Associate Deputy Vice Chancellor, Research & Innovation, College of Design & Social Context, RMIT University
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Professor of Housing Research, University of Adelaide
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Social Marketing Professor, School of Advertising, Marketing and Public Relations, Queensland University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer in Urban and Environmental Planning, Griffith University
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Associate Professor in Architecture, University of South Australia
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Lecturer of Marketing, University of the Sunshine Coast
