The Latest Breaking News from the Australian Energy Regulator

It is alleged energy companies deducted money from welfare payments of people, including Indigenous Australians, who were no longer customers

Victoria's electricity regulator has shaved about $100 off the default offer for residential customers but some say it will do little to ease cost pressures.

The Australian Energy Regulator says AGL was paid to be on standby from 2018 to 2020 but failed to be ready as needed.

The club is planning some more changes.

Australian consumers are painfully aware of the energy cost crisis. And from July 1, electricity bills are set to rise by a further 20-25% across South Australia, New South Wales, south-east Queensland and Victoria. The increases will add to cost-of-living pressures across households and small businesses.

Consumers struggling with cost-of-living pressures were dealt another blow on Thursday, when the Australian Energy Regulator confirmed energy price hikes of up to 25% from July.

Queensland's energy minister has hosed down concerns about a "sun tax" on homeowners for feeding solar power back to the grid, as has been proposed in NSW.