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LNP Opposition Leader and Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

December 2, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

South-east Queensland residents are enjoying savings of more than $300 a year on their power bills thanks to price competition among retailers, according to the latest Queensland Competition Authority annual report released on Monday.<\/p>\n

Small businesses were saving more than $400 a year on average.<\/p>\n

However, in regional Queensland where there is limited competition, customers are missing out on the savings according to the LNP.<\/p>\n

The QCA sets retail electricity prices in regional areas on an annual basis,\u00a0as directed by the State Government.<\/p>\n

Opposition Leader and Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington said the State Labor Government was blocking competition in regional Queensland.<\/strong><\/p>\n

She said her plan to extend retail electricity competition into regional Queensland would deliver comparable savings to regional households.<\/p>\n

\u201cElectricity consumers in the regions are being ripped off by Labor,\u201d Ms Frecklington said.<\/p>\n

\u201cConsumers in the south-east can shop around for the best energy deals from 22 different companies, but in the regions the only choice is Ergon.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe LNP will smash Labor\u2019s electricity monopoly in the regions and ensure that every Queenslander can shop around for the cheaper electricity deals.”<\/p>\n

Shadow Energy Minister Michael Hart said Labor was running a regional electricity monopoly, squeezing cash from consumers who have no choice but to pay inflated power prices.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery electricity bill in regional Queensland comes with a secret tax that goes straight to the Palaszczuk Labor Government,\u201d Mr Hart said.<\/p>\n

QCA chairman Prof Flavio Menezes said SEQ customers in SEQ had a wide choice when it came to electricity offers.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Most retailers’ cheapest market offer in the June quarter of 2019 was lower than their cheapest offer available a\u00a0year earlier,” Prof Menezes said.<\/p>\n

“Retailers generally increased conditional discounts and\/or used sign-up incentives to reduce the bills of\u00a0their cheapest offers and compete for customers.<\/p>\n

“We also observed an increase in the availability of simple, competitively priced market offers that had no discounts\u00a0attached in 2018-19. This appeared to reflect that retailers were responding to customer concerns about the\u00a0complexity of discounts, incentives and benefits.<\/p>\n

“Customers had many opportunities to benefit from competition in the SEQ market in 2018-19, with Alinta Energy\u00a0and other smaller retailers increasing their share of customers during the year.”<\/p>\n

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