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Your household power bills could be 15% cheaper, if Australia's energy regulator was doing its job

  • Written by Bruce Mountain, Director, Victoria Energy Policy Centre, Victoria University
Your household power bills could be 15% cheaper, if Australia's energy regulator was doing its jobJoe Castro/AAP

If you’re like most Australians, the single biggest chunk of your energy bill — about 40% — goes to a network services company, which owns and operates the transmission lines or pipes delivering electricity or gas to your home.

But evidence from takeover bids for Australia’s last two publicly listed electricity...

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