KE&R

Energy insights

Wholesale electricity prices

Asking a group of people to define 'the cost of electricity' is a bit like asking a group of blind men to describe an elephant. Some people will refer to the 'delivered' cost (see Understanding Your Electricity Bill) while others will refer to the commodity cost..

Global warming and carbon dioxide

The previous decade was the warmest decade on record and moreover, each decade in Australia since the 1940's was warmer than the previous decade. It is indisputable now that the cause is due to human activity..

Electricity Network Price and Tariff Structure

The AER sets the amount of revenue that network businesses can recover from customers using the electricity networks in the NEM. The revenue component affects the distribution component of a customer's electricity bill..

Understanding your electricity bill

Electricity invoices for Large Market customers (typically customers who spend $15K or more per annum) are quite complex. They contain plenty of good information but it is often hard to find..

Tariff definitions

For the purposes of trading electricity the National Electricity Market (NEM) defines Peak period as 7:00am to 10:00pm from Monday to Friday, with Off-Peak being all other times. Unfortunately this definition has not been picked up by the network providers..