Opinion piece: There are times when electricity prices just aren’t high enough, Andrew Dillon

Peak and off-peak pricing operates in public transport in most Australian states and globally. Why should power be any different?

Almost every aspect of the energy sector is complex. The wholesale and retail markets, the arcane economics of network regulation and the highly technical nature of energy engineering and infrastructure. Add to that major price rises over the past decade, conflated with furious disagreement over climate change policy, and we find ourselves with the most divisive energy politics ever seen in Australia.

Published in the Australian Financial Review