New regulations expose energy price gouging through 'free' comparison sites
- Written by Bruce Mountain, Director, Victoria Energy Policy Centre, Victoria University
Consumers who used comparison sites typically paid 5-12% more than the lowest possible offer.Yung Chang/Unsplash, CC BY-SAA new regulation has highlighted the thousands of offers electricity retailers make to new customers, mostly through commercial comparison sites. These sites typically do not include the best possible offers, funnelling...





