Australian Energy Regulator

Australian regulators have warned energy retailers against misleading, deceptive and false conduct that may disadvantage customers.

We need to see in real-time who the energy market’s price-setting generator is so that policymakers can question it — and more importantly, its owner.

The APSC says it’s business-as-usual for public servants, who are delivering government services as normal during the government transition.

International Women’s Day (March 8) falls on Tuesday, and there’s a long list of events in Canberra and further afield for members of the APS.

The AER partnered with the government’s behavioural economics unit to unpack how consumers interacted with and what they wanted from their energy bills. 

The AER will protect Queensland households and small businesses from having their power shut off during the extended COVID-19 lockdown.

The Australian National Audit Office has outlined six key messages to all federal government entities, in its latest performance audit report.

There’s been no shortage of attention on small business energy bills over the last 18 months, amid myriad complaints from local entrepreneurs about rising bill prices in recent years. Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction Angus Taylor has previously described business energy bills as “unreasonable” and has this year made several promises to deliver relief.

The Australian Energy Regulator is suing four of the wind farms involved in the 2016 South Australian blackout — run by AGL Energy, Neoen Australia, Pacific Hydro, and Tilt Renewables — alleging they breached generator performance standards and the national electricity rules.

Labor is crying foul over their missed opportunities to quiz public servants after Senate estimates was cut short by the beginning of the election campaign period, but they could have voted to keep the hearings going earlier. So, which agencies got a break?

Utility providers are abusing appeals to delay unfavourable regulatory decisions and pass on costs to consumers. New research looks at when regulators should let consumers fight their own battles.