Success Stories | Energy Consumers Australia

UTS Institute for Sustainable Futures - Reimagining network utilisation in the era of consumer energy resources

Discover how a grant from Energy Consumers Australia developed new metrics to update 'network utilisation' to measure and improve electricity network productivity.

New guidance to help Australian communities be ‘summer resilient’

Find out about the award-winning resilience toolkit helping communities plan for the worst.

COSBOA: Small Steps. Bright Future

Discover how a grant from Energy Consumers Australia uncovered which types of business will be most in need of support in the energy transition.

Designing, modelling, and advocating for finance policy options to drive inclusive household electrification

Find out more about how ECA's Grants Program helped support Rewiring Australia's electrification push.

Insights Report: Understanding the diversity of consumers and their experiences of the energy system

Our new Insights Report, created in partnership with the Sydney Community Forum, examines the diversity of consumers and their experiences of the energy system.

Extreme heat resilience: lessons from Spain for Australia

A new report, Extreme heat resilience: lessons from Spain for Australia, shows what Spain is doing to combat extreme heat and what approaches Australia can use and learn from.

Unfinished Business Report by Business NSW

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) face considerable challenges to receiving good consumer outcomes in the energy sector.

Sydney Community Forum: Voices for Power

Discover how a grant from Energy Consumers Australia helped equipped culturally and linguistically diverse people to better navigate the energy transition.

The role of distributed energy resources (DER) in the equitable decarbonisation of the NEM

National advocacy initiative for minimum energy efficiency requirements for rental properties

Helping drive effective advocacy for energy efficent homes

Life saving energy research for life support users

Research seeking to identify the challenges facing life support customers and ways they could be better supported by the energy industry, including through potential policy reforms.

Tracking the cost of energy for a more transparent market

Energy Consumers Australia's Grants Program is funding Vinnies Victoria to track the cost of electricity and gas on behalf of consumers.

Protecting and empowering vulnerable consumers in the energy market

Energy Consumers Australia's Grants Program is funding the Consumer Action Law Centre to carry out important and impactful work on behalf of consumers.

Supporting CALD Australians to be empowered energy consumers

This project aimed to give policy makers the tools to ensure CALD consumers can also participate fully in the energy market.

Healthy Homes for Renters - minimum energy efficiency requirements for rental properties.

This project was funded to help implement basic energy efficiency standards to ensure healthy homes for renters.

COVID-19 Energy Bill Support Education for Aboriginal Households

This project was funded to help Aboriginal consumers receive information about managing their energy bills when COVID-19 first hit.

ACOSS Equitable, Affordable, Inclusive Energy Transition Project

This project is focused around the ACOSS people-centered vision for the Australian energy system, supporting national reform to address housing energy performance.