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www.climatecouncil.org.au

Power bills have become a growing source of stress for Aussie families and businesses. Many families are forced to make impossible choices: three in 10 parents are struggling to afford basics like food, electricity and insurance. Government rebates provided some relief, but this was only a band-aid solution.

  • spiffmeister@aussie.zoneEnglish
    41·
    4 hours ago

    You know you could just read the article

    The renewables in our grid lowered average household electricity bills by up to $417 in 2024, collectively saving households up to $3.8 billion in just one year.

    Thanks to the high share of renewables, wholesale prices nearly halved in the last three months of 2025.

    And on your point the report says

    Transmission – the highway system that transports power from where it is created, to where it is used. Transmission only makes up about 6-8% of an overall power bill.

    • FreedomAdvocateEnglish
      1·
      2 hours ago

      Renewables did no such thing - the government handouts did that. If the average power bill dropped by $400 it’s because they gave every household $1000 off their energy bills paid using our tax money - meaning the average electricity bill actually increased by $600 that year.

      Transmission makes up about 50% of a power bill according to the power companies themselves.

      https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-12/power-prices-to-rise-in-clean-energy-transition/103696450

      Network costs (the poles and wires) account for about 45 per cent of a power bill and it’s these costs that are on their way up.