#Communitysolar is a fast-growing model for local #solarfarms that share the output with subscribers. This #renewableenergy model helps everyone in a #community save money on their #electricitybills and strengthens the grid at the same time. This system is gaining popularity, and if it continues to grow at the current rate, it could become a major player in our clean #energy future. It opens up #solar access to many Americans.
https://www.jwjblog.org/how-does-a-community-solar-program-work/

We are being ripped off.

BBC News - Energy bills pushed up by electricity charge, research shows
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-64471262
#energybills #electricitybills #costofliving

https://www.20min.ch/story/hunderttausende-europaeer-wollen-die-stromrechnung-boykottieren-858593573931
"Hundreds of thousands of #Europeans want to #boycott #electricitybills
Many are now taking to the #barricades against the rising bills of the ##electricity companies. In #england and #germany, initiatives want to nationalize the companies.

Four #Australia #electricity networks – #Ausgrid, #EssentialEnergy and #EndeavourEnergy in #NSW, and #Evoenergy in the #ACT – are planning to introduce rooftop solar export tariffs from 2024. #ElectricityBills #greedybillionaires #suntax #greed #capitalim #privatisation

https://onestepoffthegrid.com.au/sun-tax-how-three-network-companies-propose-to-tax-rooftop-solar-exports/

@unfnknblvbl

"Yer not wrong Narelle!"
Old Aus comedy ref - 1970's.

I found an old elec bill from my supplier (that used to be a state owned company and was divided into 4 separate companies 'for our benefit' about 20 years ago).

The price per units used had only increased from 24.1c to 26.6c in 5 YEARS!!

BUT the daily 'supply charge' went from 44.2c/day to 95.9c, a 115% increase?

How can the same energy cost 2x's as much to deliver to my home than it did 5 years ago?? #ElectricityBills

The best possible solution to the energy price situation in Australia is to abolish the retailers, metering providers, and meter data providers.

Consumers have been sold the idea that breaking up the electricity network into tiny chunks will result in lower prices for everyone. Instead, #capitalism means that each company in these completely artificial industries is extracting the most possible "value" (ie revenue) from customers for this. There is no meaningful competition in the space, and none of this has resulted in lower prices for consumers.

The energy network is a natural #monopoly, and as an #essential service, it is best that it be owned by the public.

#electricity #ElectricityBills #ElectricityPrices #EssentialService

According to this ABC article, lower-income households are paying 12% or more of their income into energy bills, which is a ridiculously high amount just to keep the lights on and the temperature liveable.

#Auspol #Energy #AustralianEnergy #ElectricityBills

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-01/australian-energy-crisis-widens-divide-between-rich-and-poor/101718038

📢 #Energyprices : @EU_Commission proposes emergency market intervention to reduce #electricitybills for Europeans

Read the proposal on @EURLex 👉https://europa.eu/!rqMx7g

#SOTEU #Energy #REPowerEU

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EURLex/status/1570300064047718400