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Duncan Murray

Call to cut energy bill premium to ease cost of living

Consumer and business groups say people are being slugged too much to support power infrastructure. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

Consumer, small business and social sector groups are calling for a rethink of rates being paid by energy users to cover the costs of network infrastructure.

The collective of organisations is urging the Australian Energy Regulator (AER) to reduce the Rate of Return Instrument, used to calculate how much consumers pay network operators for their investments in poles, wires and substations.

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