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SwitchedOn podcast: Why we have electricity tariffs all wrong

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With cost-of-living pressures making energy a key election issue, we look at how tariff reform can impact on affordability and electrification, as well as support and accelerate the transition to renewables.

Dr. Ahmad Faruqui is a San Francisco-based energy economist with over 45 years experience advising electricity utilities, regulators, and governments worldwide. He discusses why we need to reform our electricity tariffs, ways we can do that, and how consumers can benefit from a more flexible, future-focused electricity system.

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Anne Delaney is the host of the SwitchedOn podcast and our Electrification Editor. She has had a successful career in journalism (the ABC and SBS), as a documentary film maker, and as an artist and sculptor.

Anne Delaney

Anne Delaney is the host of the SwitchedOn podcast and our Electrification Editor. She has had a successful career in journalism (the ABC and SBS), as a documentary film maker, and as an artist and sculptor.

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