Retail markets and loyalty taxes
If you need a PhD to read your power bill, buying wisely is all but impossible
Bruce Mountain, The Conversation, 25 June 2018
New regulations expose energy price gouging through ‘free’ comparison sites
Bruce Mountain, The Conversation, 9 Jan 2019
Energy price gouging exposed by new regulations
Bruce Mountain, Renew Economy, 14 Jan 2019
Regulator’s ruling on default market offers might not lower prices
Bruce Mountain, Renew Economy, 30 April 2019
Victorians who switched energy retailers only save $45 a year – leaving hundreds on the table
Bruce Mountain, The Conversation, 2 Sept 2019
Mountain, B. R. (2019) ‘Do I have a deal for you? Buying well in Australia’s contestable retail electricity markets’, in Sioshansi, F.P. (ed.) Consumer, Prosumer, Prosumager: How Services Innovations Will Disrupt the Utility Business Model. Boston: Academic Press, pp97–108. https://www.elsevier.com/books/consumer-prosumer-prosumager/sioshansi/978-0-12-816835-6
Mountain, B.R., Burns, K. (2020) ‘Loyalty taxes in retail electricity markets: not as they seem?’ Journal of Regulatory Economics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11149-020-09418-9
Dont worry: staying at home for months is unlikely to lead to an eye-watering electricity bill
Bruce Mountain, Kelly Burns and Steven Percy, The Conversation, 24 April 2020
COVID-19 and Social Distancing: Does It Show Up in the Demand for Electricity?
Steven Percy and Bruce Mountain, International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE) Energy Forum, COVID-19 Special Issue 2020
Mountain, B. R., Burns. K. (2020) ‘Loyalty taxes in retail electricity markets: not as they seem?’ IAEE/USAEE Working Paper No. 20-448. Available at: SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3601264 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3601264
Mountain, B. R., Burns, K. (2020). VEPC Retail Market Monitor Data description and explanation.
You can’t trust the price-comparison market, as iSelect’s $8.5 million fine shows
Bruce Mountain, The Conversation, 13 Oct 2020
Response to Catherine Waddams "A review of the energy price cap and the future of switching"
Presentation by Director VEPC, Prof Bruce Mountain, Beesley Lectures, Lecture 7, 18 Nov 2021
I chose the electricity retailer offering the best deal for my home. That's not what I got.
Bruce Mountain, VEPC Director, The Conversation, 15 Nov 2021