Experts, on one hand, say that the electricity price increase is unavoidable, on the other hand, still have concerns about implementing the price increase at this moment and possible negative impacts. In fact, the electricity price increase has been expected, as this is a part of the electricity price process approved by the government. Moreover, it is... Read more
Small business has questioned the timing of proposed increases in electricity prices in Western Australia.
The Office of Energy has proposed that small business pay up to 85-per cent more for power over the next three years, while the increase for households over the same period should be 116 per cent.
The President of the Independent Grocers Association John Cummings says if the government accepts the recommendation, price increases should be staggered.
Mr Cummings says such dramatic rises would be particularly damaging to small businesses in the current economic climate.
More than 140,000 Victorian electricity customers have been without power this afternoon, due to a shortage of supply on the national grid.
National regulator NEMCO has told the power companies to start load-shedding and they are now taking customers off supply for two hours at a time, to lighten the load.
At one stage, 58,000 Powercor customers in areas including Geelong north, Bendigo, Shepparton, Castlemaine and Werribee were offline, but that figure has now dropped back to 13,000.
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