The conflict in the Middle East has continued to highlight the challenges we face in ensuring energy supply remains accessible and affordable for everyone. Ensuring Australia becomes more resilient to international energy price shocks will dominate the energy policy landscape for some time, and rightfully so. But while political debate often gravitates toward regulatory interventions and subsidies that deliver short term household bill relief, the real solution lies in something far more complex: reshaping how the energy system works for consumers.
What’s increasingly clear is that energy affordability is not just about price - it’s about design. That is why the AEC is releasing its Affordability Action Agenda today – an 8-point plan of critical actions that industry and governments need to take to ensure that energy remains accessible and affordable for all Australians. Read more.
