On 28 November 2018 the Senate established the Select Committee into Fair Dinkum Power to inquire into:

1. the potential for empowering energy consumers to play a more important role in the National Electricity Market, through providing diverse services in:
   1. energy generation,
   2. demand response and energy efficiency,
   3. grid stability and reliability services,
   4. alternatives to conventional network investment, and
   5. peer-to-peer trading between households and businesses;
2. the potential for these services to deliver lower energy costs and increased energy reliability;
3. the changing role of retailers in the National Electricity Market in light of the growing empowerment of consumers;
4. the impacts of privatisation;
5. regulatory reforms which would empower energy consumers, including the following key groups:
   1. households, including low income households and renters,
   2. farms,
   3. small businesses, and
   4. major energy users;
6. the likely long-term impacts, including to emissions, reliability and stability, of energy consumers playing a larger role; and
7. any other related matters.

The closing date for submissions is 15 February 2019.

The committee is due to report on 30 June 2019.