$250 still sounds like a lot when you have all they solar and alternatives.
$250 still sounds like a lot when you have all they solar and alternatives.Crickey I'd be choking on the $450 bill let alone the $800 one.
Ours usually around the $250isg give or take a bit each time.
But we have solar panels , solar hot water and a wood fire.
Only impost is when the sun don't shine and night time power usage.
We're about $140, solar panels but non ideal placement (angle, shade etc), wood fire and plenty of widow makers supplying firewood, but running a bore a fair bit.Crickey I'd be choking on the $450 bill let alone the $800 one.
Ours usually around the $250isg give or take a bit each time.
But we have solar panels , solar hot water and a wood fire.
Only impost is when the sun don't shine and night time power usage.
Jeez that's a big increase. A $1,400 increase per year isn't something to sneeze at. Do you have solar? If not it might be worth calculating the payback time on a decent system plus battery.
Not so sure about the parots as thy are the bane of my and her's existence. Fair game with .22 shorts.We have looked at solar before but with a lot of mature gum trees shading the obvious place to put them and at the then power cost, it was a ten year(minimum) recovery time.
We did not expect to be still living here now when we looked at it.
We have since reconsidered downsizing because we can't find anywhere else we would like to live.
We live on a couple of acres near a national park and we get many nomadic birds visiting our 4 bird baths plus all the usual resident Koalas, Kookaburras, Magpies, peewees, Lorikeets, Rosellas, ducks, ibis, etc etc
Like a menagerie some days, we love it
Previous house in Qld was around 90 to $100 a month, that is with twice as much power fed back than consumed and minute actual consumption from network.$250 still sounds like a lot when you have all they solar and alternatives.
We also have the "Sucker" sign on the front gate.We have looked at solar before but with a lot of mature gum trees shading the obvious place to put them and at the then power cost, it was a ten year(minimum) recovery time.
We did not expect to be still living here now when we looked at it.
We have since reconsidered downsizing because we can't find anywhere else we would like to live.
We live on a couple of acres near a national park and we get many nomadic birds visiting our 4 bird baths plus all the usual resident Koalas, Kookaburras, Magpies, peewees, Lorikeets, Rosellas, ducks, ibis, etc etc
Like a menagerie some days, we love it
Good evening Mr frog. Did you inherit the off grid or did you set it up. Either way it is a major plus.Previous house in Qld was around 90 to $100 a month, that is with twice as much power fed back than consumed and minute actual consumption from network.
Daily charges were mostly to blame, consumption was benign...
Such a relief to be completely off the grid in our new place ...
And from July first, increase by 30%
Our biggest problem was for a long time feral cats living on the road verge.We also have the "Sucker" sign on the front gate.
Apparently these can read... Magpies, Ravens, Pink and greys, western corellas, kookaburras, blue fairy wrens, new holland honeyeaters, wattlebirds, grey fantails, wagtails, quenda... and probably a bunch i can't think of off the top of my head... Oh, silvereyes, white tails, red tails too.
Our bore was the killer if running at night during the summer.We're about $140, solar panels but non ideal placement (angle, shade etc), wood fire and plenty of widow makers supplying firewood, but running a bore a fair bit.
Bohemia rules, OK?
On the plus side here in WA, the now retired, former Premier Mark McGowan, has given us a $400 off our power bills.$250 still sounds like a lot when you have all they solar and alternatives.
Inherited but settled last month and part of condition was completion of LG battery recall.Good evening Mr frog. Did you inherit the off grid or did you set it up. Either way it is a major plus.
Over here if we disconect from the grid we are still charged the service fee.
Lucky you, self funded get zip. ?On the plus side here in WA, the now retired, former Premier Mark McGowan, has given us a $400 off our power bills.
Hindsight Mr sp isn't it a wonderful thing, except when the obvious comes and gives you a wack.Lucky you, self funded get zip. ?
I know, I should have bought the top of the range Toyota Tarago back in 1985 when we had the 4 small kids, instead of the porper pack Mitsubishi L300 with no air con.?
I'm paying for my frugality now.
Way to go. No fees good stuff.Inherited but settled last month and part of condition was completion of LG battery recall.
So 6x 6.5kw batteries brand new to start.
No powerline around so fee free.
Just got my email from Origin. Rate increases for south-east Queensland area are below. It's interesting that they quote the difference in cents instead of a percentage. I suppose the reason for this is because quoting a percentage increase would create more consumer anger.
Controlled Load 1 = 16.90% increase
General Usage = 24.12% increase
Daily Supply - Controlled = 22.38% increase
Daily Supply = 13.22% increase
Reading excerpt below is cold comfort to soaring Energy prices impacting Aussie families:Guess this thread title should be changed accordingly
" Energy prices to rise by up to 100%! "
Some Australian households are facing power price hikes of up to 100% as the "long tail" of last year's energy crisis hits home hard, according to consumer advocates.
Key points:
- Benchmark power prices will rise 20-25 per cent across Queensland, NSW, Victoria and SA from Saturday
- Consumer advocates warn tariffs could jump much higher for customers on expiring competitive deals
- Energy providers say it has never been more important for households to shop around for the lowest price
Under decisions by energy regulators, benchmark electricity tariffs will increase between 20 and 25 per cent across south-east Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia.
The increases come into effect on Saturday 1 July, the start of the new financial year.
Power prices to skyrocket in eastern states as energy chaos fallout hits hard
Some households are facing power price hikes of up to 100 per cent as the "long tail" of last year's energy crisis hits home hard, according to consumer advocates.www.abc.net.au
Iwould term that concoction of arithmetic as greed.Received my quarterly electricity bill yesterday. Yes, it's high due to usage of heating - Winter in Canberra is chilly. However, it is less than the same period last year despite the cost per kWh increasing. Also pleasing is the provider increased the solar feed-in tariff. A couple of years ago it reduced it from 11c kWh to 8c kWh and has now increased it to 10c per kWh from the beginning of this FY. Not a large solar production over Winter obviously but it did knock a few hundred dollars off the total bill.
The actual kick in the guts is the application of what is called the Maximum Demand Charge. The provider takes the highest kWh usage between the hours of 5pm and 8 pm multiplies that by its usage charge and again multiplies that by the number of days in the months. Do that over three months and it is relatively quite a lot of money.
The so called intention is to encourage efficient usage of electricity. Yep, during the hours families arrive home, start cooking, turn on heating, TV, game consoles, you think of something. In my case, it accounts for 15% of the total bill and I am a single household. I have no idea what the impact on families would be in $$ terms. I suspect some may deliberately shiver due to the cost of power.
Iwould term that concoction of arithmetic as greed.
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