Start the Change

I recently wrote an email to IPART to voice my disgust at the energy pricing that has been approved for NSW suppliers. I did receive from them a very informative and in-depth email as to why they approved such grossly high prices, and that they were directed to do so by the NSW minister for energy. I also receieved a similar email from the minister for energy when voicing my dissaproval. My response to IPART was;

I would like to know exactly what has been spent by the various utilities on maintenance and new infrastructure - electricity, water, and roads especially. The poor citizen of this State has contributed many many millions to these utilities, yet apart from the essentials we see nothing new, just band-aids on old infrastructure.

Where has the profits gone - if they have gone to the State Government, what has been done with the month.

One of the main causes of the electricity price hike is the millions of dollars being taken from the electricity wholesalers each year by the State Government since the privatisation of the electricity authorities.

This means that the infrastructure is not upgradedby the authorities as they do not have the funds left and the Govermemnt gets the money instead.

Then the public is being asked to pay for the infrastructure again!

We need to speak up now to stop this corruption continuing!

Shadow Minister for Energy Duncan Gay today called on NSW Labor to reject IPART’s recommended electricity price rises.

IPART today released its final determination on electricity retail prices for the 3 years to June 2013, recommending total increases of between 46 and 64 per cent.