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Blaming coal for the electricity grid's conversion crisis

Picture this. You’re in government for the first time in more than a decade. And within six months, you’re facing a diabolical problem: skyrocketing energy prices. To your constituents, it doesn’t matter that the root cause is a war in Europe. What they’ll see is pain – electricity and gas…

57-year-old festive father Paul Bibby has been decorating his home for 17 years, welcoming guests from far and wide, but has now been handed a massive electricity bill

Consumer Council says "consumers won’t see a difference in their bills"

Competition across Australia’s electricity market is coming under pressure as prices soar, raising the spectre of even higher bills.

Renewable energy providers will be paid to ensure stable, reliable power supply in a scheme signed on to by the states ahead of worsening forecasts of price spikes and blackouts in the year ahead.

Mr Galilee said the report indicated that high power prices were caused by a shortage of electricity supply and warns of a bleak winter next year due to a looming spike in global gas prices,

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has called for reforms to ensure surging power prices can be brought under control.

"So nice to heat up a room in minutes knowing that you are not increasing the electricity bill much"