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    Carbon tax impact on economy

    Yes electricity prices will rise by more than 10% because of reasons unrelated to the carbon tax. Catching up on historical under investment in power networks is the main reason. I started a thread on this earlier but it received little interest.
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    Carbon tax impact on economy

    Hi Turk Retail cost goes up circa 10%. Wholesale cost is a difficult term - depends on whether you're a 330kV customer or a 415V customer i.e. it depends on whether you include network charges or not. I prefer to use the terms - generation, network and retail charges and GST. Current...
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    Carbon tax impact on economy

    $3k per year on electricity! What are you growing in your house? 10% is roughly right, depending on where you are. 30% is way out of the ball park. I'm not aware of any serious study predicting that level of increase. It doesn't gel with the carbon intensity of coal. Average Australian...
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