The Liberal Government is committed to delivering power prices for Tasmanians which are fair, sustainable and as low as possible.
Since being elected, we have seen significant downward pressure on power bills through the abolition of the Carbon Tax, reducing bills by an average of $164 for residential customers.
We have ended spiralling electricity prices which were a hallmark of Labor and the Greens, rising by 65 per cent in seven years.
We are doing more to support our vulnerable users, in partnership with Aurora energy we are investing a further $2 million in the Budget over the next two years to implement energy affordability programs targeting vulnerable households.
It is expected that through this program Aurora will be able to considerably expand the scope and reach of its Your Energy Support (YES) program from around 1500 customers to 2500.
We are committed to doing more though to ensure we are delivering the lowest, sustainable prices we can.
There is a strong push nationally toward the greater use of cost reflective tariffs to improve the efficiency of the electricity supply chain, to put further downward pressure on prices.
TasNetworks is going through a genuine public consultation process with consumers and I want to make it very clear that no decisions have been made. We want to ensure this is done in a way which is fair and reasonable and consistent with our objective of delivering predictable prices.
It’s the height of hypocrisy to see Labor crying crocodile tears about power prices when Bryan Green has confirmed he supports a new carbon tax which will push power prices back up.