Australia's electricity and gas affordability crisis
ACCC Chair Rod Sims addresses the 2019 AFR National Energy Summit about Australia’s electricity and gas affordability.
Energy
CDR draft accreditation guidelines
The ACCC has released draft guidelines on the CDR accreditation process, and supplementary guidelines on the insurance and information security requirements of accreditation.
CDR Rules (banking)
A lock down version of the CDR Rules has been made available today accompanied by an Explanatory Statement.
CDR assurance strategy (banking)
The CDR assurance strategy for the banking sector provides the framework for understanding the ACCC’s testing and assurance scope and approach in preparation for launch in February 2020.
International prices
The ACCC has published a report, commissioned by the ACCC from Platts S&P Global, which includes estimates of delivered gas prices paid by households and industrial gas users in selected countries.
East coast gas market still tight
The east coast gas market is unlikely to experience a shortfall in 2020 but supply remains tight and more development and production is needed, the ACCC says in its seventh Gas Inquiry Report, released today.
The ACCC has found that a gas supply shortfall in the east coast gas market in 2020 is less likely than it was for 2019, mainly because east coast producers expect to produce more gas, about 113 PJ, than in 2019.
Welcome address: ACCC & AER Regulatory Conference 2019
ACCC Chair Rod Sims delivers a welcome address to the ACCC & AER Regulatory Conference. Mr Sims reflects on the history of the conference as well introducing some of the ACCC’s current views on the state of economic regulation in Australia.
July 2019 interim report
On 22 August 2019, the ACCC released its seventh interim report as part of its inquiry into Australia’s gas supply arrangements. The report continues the ACCC's focus on the operation of the East Coast Gas Market, where there are immediate and longer-term concerns.
Position paper: data access model for energy data
On 29 August 2019, we published a position paper setting out the Australian Energy Market Operator gateway model as our preferred data access model for the CDR in the energy sector.
Dodo and CovaU to refund customers and pay penalties over energy discount claims
M2 Energy Pty Ltd (Dodo) and CovaU Pty Ltd (CovaU) have paid penalties totalling $37,800 and $12,600 respectively after the ACCC issued each energy retailer with infringement notices for alleged misleading claims about discounts available on their energy plans.
Dodo and CovaU have both committed to refund affected customers.