Energy Coach - September
We’ve survived another winter! Now, it's time to shake off the winter blues and start getting ready for the warmer months ahead.
News and views from across the retail energy industry
The Federal Government is funding $300 toward household energy bills in the 2024-25 financial year. Most households will receive quarterly rebates of $75 that will appear in the bills. Here’s everything you need to know.
Bill Hero is in the news about the rise of Demand Tariffs, but this story misses the main point that we're the *only* service that can calculate a comparison on a Demand Tariff bill
The AEMC wants to accelerate a universal smart meter rollout, targeting completion of a universal smart meter deployment by 2030.
Energy Made Easy and Vic Energy Compare cannot calculate a Demand tariff comparison, so these services are next to useless for energy consumers on Demand tariff plans.
The ACCC has declared its gloves-off time for the comparison sites.
It's official - solar FiT will be going even lower for Victorian households from 1 July 2024.
The ACCC has been running its Retail Energy Inquiry since 2018, but has only just discovered what Bill Hero has always known — energy retailers routinely charge their existing customers more than what they offer for new customers. You need to keep switching to stay on the best rates.
Queensland has announced a new Battery Booster Rebate Scheme to encourage the uptake of home battery storage systems. Rebates of up to $4,000 are available to QLD households that install eligible battery storage systems.
The Australian Energy Regulator (AER), publishes an annual report into various aspects of the retail energy markets in Australia, covering issues like pricing, customer service, competition, and the customer debt cycle.
Victorian Feed-in tariffs are going down, again. That's an unavoidable market reality that does make sense, but the regulator's argument on the rationale for solar does not.
The AER's new 'Game Changer Reforms' to protect vulnerable retail energy consumers are a welcome step, but they do not go far enough.
As the cost of living crisis continue to bite, Energy Ombudsman services in NSW and QLD have both reported increasing complaints.
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