"City A.M" said : Blockchain is changing finance forever: It will do the same to flawed energy markets

Consumers can switch on their boiler with a smartphone, yet switching energy suppliers is a complex three week process. Historically, banks have tended to group source solutions to issues as they arise and regulation has followed, whereas the energy industry has been more regulator led. Read more: How Blockchain technology will change the financial services industryThe same is true in energy. Reducing long lead times for switching suppliers has been high on the agenda of consumer rights groups and government committees in recent years. Ofgem, the UK energy regulator, has also been vocal about making switching simpler, clearer and fairer.


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To understand how the world works, pay attention to energy markets


To understand how the world works, pay attention to energy markets
The confluence of politics and economics at the center of global energy markets indeed offers a cross section of how truly interconnected our world is. It is debatable whether people around the globe still appreciate the impact oil has had on both oil-importer and exporter nations. This asymmetric relationship started changing slowly as oil producers began asserting more control over ownership. For much of the 20th century, developing countries with rich hydrocarbon deposits were content to defer to the "big seven" Western oil companies that dominated international oil markets. For starters, member countries have rarely had an easy time agreeing on production levels, which is the primary means by which they keep energy markets stable.

ACCC's Rod Sims: 'Our energy markets as a whole could be said to be in crisis'
To me, however, the real crisis is facing some industrial gas users, and this point is insufficiently recognised. As I already said, the gas supply outlook is very bad news for C&I gas users. Third, regulatory uncertainty and exploration moratoria have significantly limited or delayed the potential for new gas supply. We also observed a year ago that wholesale gas prices make up 15-30% of total residential gas bills and that household bills would increase by 5% in NSW and 11% in Victoria if wholesale gas prices increase by $2 / GJ. Australia Consumer and Competition chairman Rod Sims delivered the following address on Australia's energy market today to 5th Annual Australian Domestic Gas Outlook 2017, one year after the ACCC's inquiry into the east coast gas market.


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