Institute of Public Affairs John Storey says Australian power bill prices won’t be going down – instead they will be increasing by 39 per cent in the next year.
‘Government’s unreliable and expensive renewables’ are set to rise energy bills by 39 per cent
“For the average family that’s about $730 per family per year, it’s a huge expense and again it’s because of the policies of the government to shut down reliable cheap traditional energy sources like coal and gas,” Mr Storey told Sky News contributor Steve Price. “Instead, we’re going for unreliable expensive renewables, it’s entirely predictable the … result will be higher prices.”
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