In our newsletter, we talked about the price rises you’re likely to expect as a result of the carbon tax. While the price is going to rise by up to 18% in some cases, we need to clarify that the carbon price is only partly responsible for the hike in electricity prices. Other factors include things like network cost increases (i.e. for poles and wires) and various other schemes that are in place.

Read our featured blog post in which we have included more detail and link which gives more information about exactly what’s causing prices to rise.

We’ve had some great feedback about the advice on how to shield yourself from rising electricity bills and we are always after more ideas – we have an article about reducing electricity usage which is particularly relevant to this discussion that we recommend you read.

Darcy Wilson
Editor - Build
www.build.com.au