THE average Tasmanian household will receive about $200 relief from the huge power price rises tipped to begin in July. The welcome news was foreshadowed in the Sunday Tasmanian yesterday, and specific details were outlined by Premier Lara Giddings in Launceston yesterday. Ms Giddings said forecast electricity price increases of up to 26 per cent [...]
Well this comes as no surprise! It was only a matter of time before the “Carbon Tax” is the excuse to jack up prices (again). Only nine months ago they got their way with an 11% rise last June. So at what point will it be cheaper to go and loiter in a shopping mall [...]
Well it’s now officially been passed by the government regulator for this to go ahead. Never has this regulator refused a request put before them, regulator or sock puppet? POWER bills will rise by 11 per cent next month after the Tasmanian Economic Regulator yesterday signed off on a request from Aurora for the price [...]
TASMANIAN households face an 11 per cent jump in power prices from the start of July. Aurora Energy has applied to Tasmania’s Economic Regulator for a price increase of 10.97 per cent for residents including Pay as You Go customers and small businesses. The Economic Regulator’s 2010 Retail Determination had previously estimated residential prices would [...]
Item sourced from the Mercury Hobart TASMANIANS are facing another power price shock with average annual bills set to rise by at least $50 from next year. The rise will add to the $90 increase Aurora Energy announced in March in response to federal renewable energy targets and which will take effect from July 1. [...]