South Australian electricity bills to increase by $100 PA

05/10/2013 | Technology | Leave a comment

I South Australia 11 electricity retail companies have said that the cost of electricity will rise. A single household electricity user will be paying on average $100 more per year for the electricity used. It seems that this decision has been made and is final due to the news being published in the last week of June 2013. The government and electricity companies have made no further amendments or given any response since this news was released giving a clear indication of the fact that they are already onto it. So what you need to do now? Every little bit...

Carbon Tax offset by Lower Prices

01/10/2013 | Environment | Leave a comment

It is said by a leading Consultant that wholesale power prices have been driven down due to increased competition between electricity generators fighting for a lowering market. This is helping to offset a great deal, if not all of the carbon tax effect. Principal Consultant Hugh Saddler from Pitt & Sherry states that figures in the year to August for the demand of power across the National Electricity Market that serves the eastern states and South Australia have fallen another 1.4 terra-watt-hours compared with the 12 months to July. Electricity use peaked in 2006-7 on a per capital basis. It...