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\"Tim<\/a>
Qld Treasurer Tim Nicholls - latest electricity price rise is "unwelcome news"<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

December 11, 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

Queenslanders face electricity price rises of between 5.4 per cent and 13.6 per cent next financial year.<\/p>\n

The Queensland Competition Authority (QCA) today released its Draft Determination<\/a><\/strong> for 2014-15 electricity tariffs – \u00a0with one forecast including the Carbon Tax and one which does not.<\/p>\n

If the Carbon Tax is not repealed, the QCA has forecast that average Queensland household electricity bills will rise by $192 in 2014-15.<\/p>\n

But even if it is repealed, average power bills will still rise by $76.<\/p>\n

Small businesses will pay an extra $253 or $152 if the Carbon Tax is abolished.<\/p>\n

The latest recommended increase follows last year’s 21.4 per cent rise.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Outside the carbon tax, the QCA says bulk of the increases will come from solar feed-in tariffs and network charges which are believed to account for about 70 per cent of the “typical Tariff 11” for residential bills.<\/p>\n

The State Government has already reduced the solar feed-in tariff from 44 cents to 8 cents for new customers.<\/p>\n

The QCA warned that the cost of the Solar Bonus Scheme will double in 2014\u201315, adding another $57 to household bills.<\/p>\n

The QCA also said that while “poles and wires”, ie electrical infrastructure, no longer account for the largest increase in costs, networks are still likely to add $50 to the typical bill.<\/p>\n

The cost of generating electricity is expected to rise by 29 per cent in 2014\u201315, adding $68 to the bill paid by the typical residential customer.<\/p>\n

Queensland Treasurer Tim Nicholls acknowledged the draft determination would be “unwelcome news”.<\/p>\n

He called for the Federal Government to immediately scrap the Carbon Tax, saying it would deliver Queensland families an immediate saving of $116 from July 1 next year.<\/p>\n

Energy Minister Mark McArdle said the State Government was looking at the poles and wires side of the business with a view to “cutting that cost down significantly”.<\/p>\n

“$1.7 billion over three years will be removed from the poles and wires,” Mr McArdle said.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/strong><\/center>The Labor Opposition said the State Government had now presided over three consecutive electricity price rises, despite promising to reduce bills by $120 a year.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Under the first year of the LNP, power bills went up by more than $140 on average, this year they are going up a record $268 on average and now the QCA have confirmed that bills next year are going up by $192 on average,” Opposition Treasury spokesman Curtis Pitt said.<\/p>\n

“The Carbon Tax and green schemes existed when Campbell Newman made his election contract with Queenslanders to lower their electricity bills. Now he is attempting to use them as a convenient excuse for breaking his promise.<\/p>\n

“The Treasurer is trying to mislead Queenslanders into thinking that the Carbon Tax is causing half of the bill increase in 2014-15.<\/p>\n

“This is simply untrue.<\/p>\n

“If you look at the independent QCA figures bills would only rise by 3 per cent if only the carbon tax and green schemes were a factor – not 13.6 per cent.<\/p>\n

“The blame for this electricity price slug rests squarely at the feet of Campbell Newman.”<\/p>\n

Electrical Trades Union State Secretary Peter Simpson said the State Government had been elected on a promise to reduce cost of living pressures and had failed miserably.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo blame the carbon tax and infrastructure spending is simplistic and shallow,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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