QLD:Qld power bills to soar 6 per cent

AAP General News (Australia)
12-16-2010
QLD:Qld power bills to soar 6 per cent

Queenslanders are bracing for an electricity price hike of almost six per cent.

The independent Queensland Competition Authority has announced the 5.83 per cent rise
will take effect from 1 July .. adding about 26-dollars to the average quarterly bill
of 440-dollars .. or about 28 cents per day.

State energy minister STEPHEN ROBERTSON says concessions and rebates are available
to help pensioners .. low income households and Queenslanders with special medical needs.

He says the price rise isn't as bad as South Australia which has announced a 12 per
cent increase or New South Wales .. where prices will rise between 20 and 42 per cent
over the next three years.

Queensland Council of Social Service spokeswoman KARYN WALSH says she's worried about
increasing numbers of people not being able to cope with their bills.

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KEYWORD: ELECTRICITY (BRISBANE)

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