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I wouldn’t take the figures quoted in this article seriously. I pay the equivalent of 13c/KWh in Australia, and that’s after recent price rises (thanks Vlad).

• hayyyyydos 4y ago
  > I pay the equivalent of 13c/KWh in Australia How??
  • rgmerk 4y ago
    I live in Victoria. Fed my usage data to the Victorian government’s comparison site. [1] Switched to the cheapest offer, which was GloBird Energy. Went to their website, discovered a small further discount on my gas was available so switched that over as well. Took maybe 5 minutes, total. Took my free $250 from the VIC Government for using their site (yes this is a stupid election bribe but you’d have to be crazy not to take it - you don’t have to switch suppliers if you don’t want to, just run the comparison). [1] https://compare.energy.vic.gov.au/ https://compare.energy.vic.gov.au/
• jaimex2 4y ago
  You need to average in the supply charge. Our providers load that up to get around solar feed in tariffs. The rates we pay are disgusting given we import none of it and are one of the worlds largest exporters. (Gas and Coal) Tasmania is 100% renewable and they pay as much as anyone else. We have a mining lobby problem.
  • rgmerk 4y ago
    True, but even taking the supply charge into account you still get nowhere near 26 US cents a kilowatt unless you’re getting 90% of your energy from solar. (Note to Americans - we pay maybe a quarter as much as you do for rooftop solar, not taking subsidies into account, so solar is super popular even with people who can’t otherwise stand “greenies”). And yes, we have a mining lobby problem.