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"Without urgent reform, Australian households risk being left holding the bag
for the so-called ‘gas death spiral’, consumer advocates warn.
Brian Spak, from Energy Consumers Australia (ECA), warns that if nothing
changes it will be renters, apartment dwellers and low-income households –
those with the biggest barriers to going all-electric – who will be left stuck
on gas with spiralling bills.
Spak says the issue comes down to the way that gas regulations are written, and
in the way that the AER is implementing them and the issue is being discussed
in energy policy circles.
“Our concern is that right now … (the assumption is) that consumers are on the
hook for all of it, and we don’t think that’s fair,” Spak, ECA’s general
manager of advocacy and policy, told the
SwitchedOn Australia podcast.
“The total size of that of gas distribution networks regulated asset base is
$11 billion in Australia, and that’s a really important number, because that
$11 billion has to get paid one way or the other, and it’s uncertain right now
who’s going to pay it,” he says."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
