While rising network charges were expected to place upward pressure on bills, falling wholesale electricity costs — helped by increased wind and battery generation — appear to have outweighed them in most regions this year.
Flat-rate residential DMO prices are set to fall between 3.4% and 7.2% across NSW and South East Queensland, while South Australia is the only region facing a small increase of 1.4%.
This doesn’t change the fact that power prices are going up. Yes, some people who can take advantage of solar are able to offset it and get no bills, but it takes investment to do that and not everyone is able to do it even if they have the money.
More renewables = higher prices, mostly due to the astronomical transmission costs that the government refuses to even release their numbers for because they know it will be over a trillion dollars.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-26/power-prices-fall-in-latest-dmo-release/106718250 https://www.pv-magazine.com/2026/04/30/renewables-growth-cut-spains-electricity-bills-by-24-2-over-the-past-two-years/
DMO prices mean nothing. This is like pointing to wholesale prices of batteries halving while retail prices increase by 10% and saying “batteries are cheaper now!”.
Spain isn’t Australia.