Power Games: Who’s driving high power bills? | Climate Council
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Power bills have become a growing source of stress for Aussie families and businesses. More renewable energy offers a clear solution. Unlike fossil fuels, they rely on a free and abundant source of energy, and are not subject to global price shocks.

Power bills have become a growing source of stress for Aussie families and businesses. Many families are forced to make impossible choices: three in 10 parents are struggling to afford basics like food, electricity and insurance. Government rebates provided some relief, but this was only a band-aid solution.

  • spiffmeister@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    6 days ago

    You can do a bit better than citing a dude with vested interests. You can even find government sources that roughly agree with you: The AEMC report

    However the report also notes that:

    Delays to new wind and transmission build, and the uncoordinated use of CER are projected to have the biggest impact on electricity costs.

    Highlighting that renewables do decrease prices. Of course, reducing gas prices would probably also reduce prices.

    Also at least for last quarter the [AEMO] (https://www.aemo.com.au/-/media/files/major-publications/qed/2024/qed-q4-2024.pdf?rev=d75996ee2317495783a18c996d5878ac&sc_lang=en) report that coal and transmission are the driving costs. Negative energy prices were primarily driven by renewables.

    Also

    Transmission makes up about 50% …

    Network costs (the poles and wires) account for about 45 per cent of a power bill and it’s these costs that are on their way up.

    I heard it was up to 100% Last time I checked it was 156% Old mate said it was 196%

    The actual figure I saw was around 40%, but sure you can inflate things by saying upto.

    • FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.auEnglish
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      6 days ago

      The AEMO are the biggest vested interest in this. Nothing they say can be taken seriously.

      Renewables don’t decrease prices because without transmission and grid-scale storage, which doesn’t even exist yet, it’s basically useless.

      If you’d heard it was 40% why did you say it was only 6-8% in your previous comment?

      • spiffmeister@aussie.zoneEnglish
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        6 days ago

        Renewables do decrease prices though? Maybe l2add?

        If you’d heard it was 40% why did you say it was only 6-8% in your previous comment?

        Because that’s literally what the referenced article states? Maybe l2read?