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Originally Posted by Exfso
Marty, I am basically referring to the ridiculous costs that are put on the SA consumers, we are well and truly the most expensive state in Australia for power by some margin and it is only going to get much worse, hence my statement about people in 10yrs time working only to pay their power bills. In my suburb we experience power outages several times a month and these are not just maintenance outages. It is one thing to be shafted for costs but when an unreliable power supply is added, it is no wonder South Australians are p1ssed off to the max. I am one of the luckier ones as I got solar 4 years ago, and have the higher feed in tariff, but the poor buggers who only recently got solar, (at a much lower price than I paid) have had their feed in tariffs removed but for the measly 6.8c/kwh that the suppliers are bound to offer.
I seriously believe that the excreta is going to hit the air circulating device in SA sooner than later. People cannot be expected to put up with the crud that is being served up. The total power failure is starting to look like the straw that broke the camels back.  |
I think "electricity" is getting more expensive nation-wide. But maybe it is worse in SA. I have electricity in apostrophes, because most of the cost is in transmission and distribution, not electricity generation.
The added expense may simply be because now consumers are actually paying the true cost, rather than subsidised via their taxes. Or because the system is ancient and needs money spent on it. Or because the regulator is demanding more reliability (though it sounds like that's not great). Or .. who knows. It all costs money. Lots of money.