A report prepared for Tasmania’s Economic Regulator has found the electricity bill of the average household is set to rise by more than $300 per year, under the new carbon tax. It predicts that Aurora Energy will need to raise its prices by a further 6.5 per cent to recover the loss. This rise would be on top of a pre-existing increase of almost 9 per cent, should the state-owned power company request it. With a …
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