electricity
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As Power Prices Soar, We Need A Concerted Effort To Tackle Energy Poverty
Energy pricing is complicated and confusing, as a forthcoming report from the Australian consumer watchdog makes clear. Soaring prices over the past decade have left many households struggling to heat or cool their homes. Energy poverty is no longer restricted to a few older or low-income householders.
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Yearly Power Bills To Fall By $400 From 2020
The 2018-19 budget has revealed that annual power bills will fall by $400 on average for every Australian household from 2020.
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Where Does The Money From Your Electricity Bill Go?
Every month or quarter a bill comes in from your electricity retailer. While some of that bill can be directly attributable to the volume of electrons that flow into your gadgets, household appliances, lights and other energy-eating devices, a good portion of it has nothing to do with your electricity consumption. As well as electrons,…
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Australia’s Electricity Market Is Trash: ACCC
“Significant concerns”, for the ACCC, is basically DEFCON 1. It’s six stars in Grand Theft Auto. It’s /”giant state-wide blackout in SA” serious. The ACCC doesn’t pull out its big guns often. And the ACCC has “significant concerns” with Australia’s national electricity market.