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Is bundling restricting electricity competition?
TL;DR: The new Consumer Advocacy Council set up as a result of the Labour Government’s Electricity Price Review in 2019 has called on either or both the Commerce Commission and the Electricity Authority to look into whether retailers are engaging in anti-competitive or restrictive practices by bundling their services in ‘deals’ with broadband and/or gas providers.
I spoke with Council Chair Deborah Hart in the podcast above about its first consumer sentiment survey and she said consumers found it difficult to understand bills and compare apples with apples when thinking about switching…
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