Think power price rises of 25% are bad? It could be much worse for many households
Think power price rises of 25% are bad? It could be much worse for many households
Some households are facing power price hikes of up to 100 per cent as the "long tail" of last year's energy crisis hits home hard, according to consumer advocates.
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I was lucky to lock in a fixed rate with nectr for 12 months. Otherwise I'd be sitting in the dark.
5 0 ReplyHere come more calls for Tas to decouple from the energy market. Tas Networks pegging our prices to a % of Vic is some bullshit. I understand why they did it, but it's some bullshit.
4 0 ReplyThe gall these bastards have charging off peak 23c kwh and then they only pay 7c kwh for a solar feed in tarrif.
3 0 ReplyTomorrow mine is going up +40%
2 0 ReplyMine is going up by 50%, but I will be changing immediately.
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mine is already topping $400 a month, from tomorrow it goes up again.
2 0 ReplyDamn, I pay less than $400 a quarter.
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A decade of hands off coalition government has brought about this bullshit.
The time to fix this was years ago. Government inaction has caused this.
2 0 ReplyHere's what I'm getting as an increase.
Now that we're in July, hopefully the government's Energy Made Easy site will have current amounts so we can shop around.
1 0 ReplyI believe they've all updated now. The beta version of the site is very good, by the way. I recommend trying it out.
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