"What’s driving up Australian electricity prices for homes and businesses?"
It is an unfortunate fact of life that Australian consumers will need to become accustomed to ongoing and significant increases to their electricity bill.
This fact sheet aims to demystify what is driving this.
This update is the first of a series we intend to publish every quarter, at the end of each Australian season - Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter.
Our aim is to collate and analyse data about electricity prices and usage based on publicly available information and our own data about the maximum and minimum prices consumers [...]
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