Alviss Consulting produces research on all Australian energy markets.
Research areas include network and retail tariff analysis, assessing the cost impacts of policy initiatives and regulation, and distributed energy resources. Research pertaining to energy affordability more broadly includes energy concessions and their relative value, the prevalence of energy disconnections, and comparative studies evaluating the impact of different regulatory and policy settings.
Alviss Consulting produces the annual Residential Tariff-Tracking Project (with St Vincent de Paul Society) and the SME Tariff-Tracking Project (with Energy Consumers Australia). These projects analyse changes to retail market offerings and energy prices.
Select recent research publications are available below. For older publications and data please see the Tariff-Tracker archive or contact us.
Residential Tariff Tracking Project: National Comparison Reports
The NEM: Volatile Prices, vanishing retailers and vulnerable consumers. Observations from the Vinnie’s Tariff-Tracking Project (October 2022) [pdf]
The NEM: Lower prices, more offers: Are consumers reaping the rewards? Observations from the Vinnie’s Tariff-Tracking Project (November 2021) [pdf]
The NEM: Towards a new normal? Observations from the Vinnie’s Tariff-Tracking Project (November 2020) [pdf]
The NEM: The umpire strikes back. Observations from the Vinnie’s Tariff-Tracking Project (December 2019) [pdf]
The NEM: No “guarantee” for consumers. Observations from the Vinnie’s Tariff-Tracking Project (October 2018) [pdf]
Energy Research
GreenPower: Unpacking the Costs and Comparability of Offers (June 2022) [pdf]
Assessing Impacts of Changes to Australian Electricity Concessions Final Report (May 2022) [pdf]
Assessing Impacts of Changes to Australian Electricity Concessions Interim Report(February 2021) [pdf]
Households in the Dark 2: Mapping electricity disconnections in South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales and South East Queensland (August 2019) [pdf]
Residential Tariff Tracking Project: Jurisdiction Updates
ACT Energy Prices July 2023: An update on the ACT Tariff-Tracking Project (September 2023) [pdf]
Victorian Energy Prices July 2023: An update on the Victorian Tariff-Tracking Project (September 2023) [pdf]
NSW Energy Prices July 2023: An update on the NSW Tariff-Tracking Project (August 2023) [pdf]
Queensland Energy Prices July 2023: An update on the Queensland Tariff-Tracking Project (August 2023) [pdf]
South Australian Energy Prices July 2023: An update on the South Australian Tariff-Tracking Project (July 2023) [pdf]
Victorian Energy Prices January 2023: An update on the Victorian Tariff-Tracking Project (January 2023) [pdf]
NSW Energy Prices July 2022: An update on the NSW Tariff-Tracking Project (August 2022) [pdf]
Victorian Energy Prices July 2022: An update on the Victorian Tariff-Tracking Project (August 2022) [pdf]
ACT Energy Prices July 2022: An update on the ACT Tariff-Tracking Project (August 2022) [pdf]
South Australian Energy Prices July 2022: An update on the South Australian Tariff-Tracking Project (August 2022) [pdf]
Tasmanian Energy Prices July 2022: An update on the Tasmanian Tariff-Tracking Project (August 2022) [pdf]
Queensland Energy Prices July 2022: An update on the Queensland Tariff-Tracking Report (July 2022) [pdf]
Victorian Energy Prices January 2022: An update on the Victorian Tariff-Tracking Project (February 2022) [pdf]
See the Tariff-Tracker archive for more jurisdictional updates.