ANGUS TAYLOR: I've just come from the COAG Energy Council meeting - it was extremely constructive and productive. We made very good progress on the critical issues that we need to progress to put downward pressure on electricity prices while we keep the lights on - the top priority in the electricity market for the Commonwealth Government.

Australian families and small businesses are being empowered to negotiate with their power company following a determination made by the Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) to give customers the right to ask their energy retailer to adjust an inaccurate bill based on the customer's own reading of their meter.

DAVID BEVAN: Angus Taylor, Federal Minister for Energy, welcome to ABC Radio Adelaide.

ANGUS TAYLOR: Thanks for having me.

DAVID BEVAN: These changes to allow people to read their own electricity and gas meters, is this part of the Prime Minister's fair dinkum energy policy?

ANGUS TAYLOR: We have seen in the last 24 hours, Labor siding with the big energy companies. Labor is singing from the same songbook as the big energy companies. They are defending the price gouging, they are defending dodgy practices and they are defending record profits. Well we stand arm-in-arm with the hardworking Australian businesses and families who want to see lower power prices. They want to see the end of loyalty taxes of confusion. They want to see a fair deal when they don't have time to spend hours on the phone to call centres to get their power prices down.

KIERAN GILBERT: Let's bring in the Energy Minister now, Angus Taylor. Your thoughts on, well, that reaction first of all from Richard Di Natale?

DAVID BEVAN: Angus Taylor, Federal Minister for Energy, welcome to ABC Radio Adelaide.
ANGUS TAYLOR: Thanks for having me.
DAVID BEVAN: These changes to allow people to read their own electricity and gas meters, is this part of the Prime Minister's fair dinkum energy policy?

ANGUS TAYLOR: We have seen in the last 24 hours, Labor siding with the big energy companies. Labor is singing from the same songbook as the big energy companies. They are defending the price gouging, they are defending dodgy practices and they are defending record profits. Well we stand arm-in-arm with the hardworking Australian businesses and families who want to see lower power prices. They want to see the end of loyalty taxes of confusion. They want to see a fair deal when they don't have time to spend hours on the phone to call centres to get their power prices down.

KIERAN GILBERT: Let's bring in the Energy Minister now, Angus Taylor. Your thoughts on, well, that reaction first of all from Richard Di Natale?

LEON BYNER: By far the biggest topic that you talk about and think about is your energy costs, for good reason. But the federal government have made some announcements and we're going to talk to the minister in a moment - the Minister for Energy - because the feds have decided that they want to stop these power companies price gouging, they also want to do something about late fees and as I said, up until now when people are telling you that your bill is going down, you ring me and say, Leon, my top right hand corner is going up, not down. I accept that.

SUBJECTS: More reliable and affordable power; Malcolm Turnbull