Pulse Surveys
June to August 2022
Introduction
Energy Consumers Australia’s series of three ‘Pulse Surveys’ track monthly consumer sentiment from June to August 2022. ECA have recognised that due to extraordinary circumstances, there is a strong possibility that consumer sentiment may have shifted since research for the ECSS was conducted in April.
These extraordinary circumstances occurred in June 2022, where Australia experienced a period of sustained high prices in the wholesale electricity market in response to international events, flooding in Queensland and NSW coal mines and colder-than-usual weather. The combination of these factors has led to saturation media coverage and widespread talk of an ‘energy crisis’.