April 2008

July 2008

December 2008

March 2009

• Retail price deregulation – what’s on offer now?
• Spreading the load: energy supply under pressure
• National Consumer Conference
• Water must stay affordable
• Risk to competition
• Demand Management Incentive Scheme
• Connection costs
• CUAC news
• Notes from the National Consumer Roundtable on Energy

June 2009

• National Energy Customer Framework
• ESC Customer Consultative Committee
• Federal Budget Wrap: Clean energy
• Hardship and compliance costs of AMI rollout
• Who gets access to water infrastructure?
• Keeping Cool and Multiple Sclerosis
• CUAC submissions
• CUAC News
• Water Reform: A national consumer forum

September 2009

• AGL poor performance reported
• National Water Forum
• AMI costs need close watching
• Need for transparency in water
• The energy efficiency imperative
• CUAC submissions
• CUAC funded research
• From the Executive Officer

December 2009

• Changes needed for AMI rollout
• Energy retailer report released
• Indigenous utilities issues project
• Regulator’s report flags private access to water infrastructure
• EWOV update
• The social implications of water and energy pricing
• Green Start program
• ‘Still an Unfair Deal’ launched
• Energy price rises will hurt low income consumers: report
• Recent CUAC submissions
• From the Executive Officer

May 2010

• From the Chair
• Transparency in retail pricing
• Restrictions on the rise at Goulburn Valley Water
• National Energy Customer Framework 2: More to do on consumer protections
• Meter Smart
• PM’s Taskforce on Energy Efficiency
• Auditor-General releases concessions report
• New faces at CUAC
• Reference Group annual discussion forum
• CUAC submissions January – March 2010
• From the Executive Officer

August 2010

• The latest on smart meters
• Helping energy consumers do the maths
• Heading in the right direction: the AER distribution price determination
• One Million Homes campaign kicks off
• Newcastle site chosen for ‘Smart Grid’ trial
• Green Loans transitions to Green Start program
• CUAC news
• CUAC submissions April – June 2010
• From the Executive Officer

October 2010

• Raising the bar: A new hardship GSL measure for water businesses
• Electric vehicle trial underway
• National energy update: Advocating for low income and vulnerable consumers
• Smart meter review
• Seeking support for utilities research or advocacy?
• ESC Chair signals high expectations
• CUAC news
• CUAC submissions, July – September 2010

October 2010

• One Million Homes campaign gains momentum with release of Climate Change White Paper
• Bushfires Taskforce report
• Murray Darling Basin Plan information sessions
• Future of Public Housing report released
• Non-Mains Winter Energy Concession
• Green Start round two getting underway

August 2010

• Debt recovery powers in the balance
• Bendigo smart meters forum
• Dealing with door-to-door marketing
• Information tools for energy consumers

May 2010

• Indigenous Research and Action Project
• Inquiry into the Adequacy and Future Directions of Public Housing in Victoria
• Review of the Effectiveness of National Energy Market Security and Reliability Arrangements in Light of Extreme Weather Events
• Reducing the risk of catastrophic bushfires caused by overhead power lines

December 2009

• CUAC hits the road to regional areas
• Bendigo Energy Futures conference
• Affordability and increasing issue for consumers in Gippsland

June 2009

• Rural businesses call for assistance in negotiating better energy deals
• Catches of the day: some advocacy ‘wins’
• Winter grants, discounts and incentives
• Water Reform: A national consumer forum

March 2009

• Heat, bushfires and energy networks
• Regional visits – we want to hear from you
• Down the wire: Utilities news

December 2008

September 2008

February 2008

September 2009

• CUAC goes to Gippsland
• Grants and Rebates
• Regional water saving success stories