Queensland Government Denies Electricity Price Gouging

Queensland Government Denies Electricity Price Gouging
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk speaks during a press conference in Burleigh Heads, Australia on November 15, 2021 . Photo by Matt Roberts/Getty Images
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Queensland’s energy minister has denied publicly owned electricity generators are overbidding in the wholesale power market and driving up prices for consumers.

Household and business electricity bills will surge at least nine per cent across Queensland, with firms in the southeast set to cop a 19.8 percent rise in 2022/23.

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