How will the power price increases affect you?

[maz]

thankshon. im screwedlike you...friggen country power!!!!!

[Trillian]

Thanks Kim Maz it sucks bigtime. We were offered a 'contract' with them about 2yrs ago now with a fixed price and it did work out cheaper than what we were paying at the time - not a lot- just a few cents cheaper and it was a 2 or 3 yr contract (can't remember how long for now) and the buggers canned it after only one year with no explanation, but I have a feeling now that it was a cleverly orchestrated move by them because not long after that power just shot up in price and I think they wanted all their customers off their contracts so they could legally charge us the higher price. And it does suck too that we don't have a choice in who we get our electricity from, and they have the lions share of customers and they are charging more and the increases will be signifcantly higher than their competitors.

[maz]

I have to check mine now because I have a contract with them that if we stay contected with them for 12 months they pay one monts electricity for us...thats $200 and I'll be peeved to say it nicely if they go back on it

[LimeSlice]

The gas in WA is going up as much as the power. They put ours up 26% last year, and another 25% to come this year and next....

Solar pannels and a Stirling are our only choices

[Trillian]

LOL LS, we are seriously considering getting a gen-set to use as well.

[LimeSlice]

DH is dead set on the Stirling engine...has even found a guy in Sydney that makes them lol
I simply dont see we have any other choice.
And really especially in WA there is no excuse as to why EVERY SINGLE HOME shouldn't HAVE to have, by law, solar pannels on their roof. Such a waste of energy that goes on here.

[Trillian]

Same goes for here. Even a wind turbine would be awesome. We missed the boat on the govt solar panel rebate though.