Queensland endorses national commitment for stronger energy consumer protections
Households and energy users will be better protected thanks to a sweeping set of consumer reforms, announced today.
Consumers will have more support, protection and control over their energy usage after the state and federal energy ministers agreed to the reforms.
The raft of measures will be implemented to help households access cheaper energy deals, increase support for people experiencing hardship, and deliver more protections for consumers.
These reforms reduce confusion over tariff structures, barriers for households to switch to better priced plans, and embed changes that will keep saving consumers money into the future.
With the rollout of smart meters across the National Electricity Market, new measures will prevent retailers from automatically switching customers to time-of-use tariffs without their consent.
This initiative will help Queensland households secure better deals and reduce their energy expenses.
The Sunshine State is also committed to ensuring that customers can maximise the value of their renewable energy assets in a way that supports an efficient, smart energy grid.
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A National Consumer Energy Resources (CER) Roadmap will be published, which sets out an overarching vision and plan to unlock CER at scale.
The roadmap provides a national approach to reforms to ensure Australians are able to harness the full potential of their rooftop solar and batteries, helping lower costs for all consumers by offsetting the need for billions of dollars in grid-scale investment.
Queensland, already delivering a record $1000 cost of living energy rebate and an additional $372 for eligible vulnerable households, has advocated for the Commonwealth to work together with states on options for customers to more easily access available state concessions.
Around 628,000 Queensland households are currently receiving the $372 rebate, which currently must be applied for through an energy retailer.
Work is progressing between Services Australia and the states to ensure that those identified as most vulnerable receive their full rebates.
As Queensland continues to champion clean energy and consumer protection reforms, the state's residents can look forward to a future where affordable, reliable, and sustainable energy is accessible to all.
These initiatives not only pave the way for economic growth and environmental stewardship but also reaffirm Queensland's commitment to leading Australia's clean energy transition.
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1 个月From the article ‘The Sunshine State is also committed to ensuring that customers can maximise the value of their renewable energy assets in a way that supports an efficient, smart energy grid.’ Knee jerk Grid Protection policies by the DNSP’s and incompetent CEC Product Listing processes are restricting Domestic customers from being able to install Renewable systems and Technologies that give them the freedom to be Energy Independent with a Grid Connection. Zero Export Limits, Inverter Capacity Limits and other onerous DNSP Regulations only prove that we have an inefficient, Dumb Grid that is hampering our ability to address the Energy Crisis at the Consumer level. All these ‘Cost of Living’ initiatives meet a need, but they don’t address or resolve the issues. We don’t need more Solar and Wind Farms or even Big Batteries. Let’s just get more Renewables into every Domestic and Commercial property possible, with Localised Community Batteries to take up the slack. Support Energy Sharing technologies across the Grid. Incentivise Net Zero Construction and Renovation projects based on Building Code Star Ratings, KWp and kWh installed systems, etc. Stop wasting Federal and State Taxpayers money and address Industry problems.
North Qld Area Manager for VEGA Australia Pty. Ltd.
1 个月Is this a part of your approval to increase the tariff rates to be charged to consumers for electricity, while also reducing the feed in tariff for solar? How is this a part of your cleaner energy policy????
Observer at Political Observatory
1 个月Some potentially useful ideas here, if they are implemented promptly but hardly the highest policy priority going forward. They should be discussing the latest ISP and the apparent issues and gaps in the context of what is actually possible. I keep reading well-put together comments that the numbers behind the ISP just don’t add up. For example, forget green hydrogen and review those outlandish forecasts for wind investment and output. Gas options remain a mystery and I hope they are reviewing options to keep our coal power stations open for longer than envisaged in the ISP. Ministers should be reviewing at every meeting this question—‘what is the outlook if the ambitious estimates in the ISP can’t be achieved’. There are fields of ‘sensitivity analysis’ or ‘risk management’ which are ignored these days. To our eventual cost!
CHPP Optimisation Specialist
1 个月Did you get approval from the cfmeu. Your maths is always wrong. There are no options in central Queensland. Just being gouged more by labour government.
Mergers | Acquisitions | Corporate Strategies
1 个月So apart from taxpayer subsidies when is this this cheap renewable energy kicking in? And why not just call it out as a lie for now. While we’re at it, where are the environmental wonder kids when we’re talking about the pumped hydro in mackay? Crickets?