{"id":14955,"date":"2017-06-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/power-company-s-big-price-increase-for-sa-customers\/"},"modified":"2017-06-09T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-06-09T00:00:00","slug":"power-company-s-big-price-increase-for-sa-customers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/power-company-s-big-price-increase-for-sa-customers\/","title":{"rendered":"Power company\u2019s big price increase for SA customers"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>AGL has increased its&nbsp;standing contracts with SA customers by 18 per cent, according to state treasurer Tom Koutsantonis.<\/h3>\n<p>The local hike follows an 18 per cent increase in the ACT and 16.1 per cent in NSW.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Koutsantonis said the double-digit increases across the country were \u201cunsustainable\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"316\" width=\"873\" class=\"media-element file-default nova-lazyload-image-wrapper lz-cont img-responsive\" data-delta=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/screen_shot_2017-06-09_at_11.27.53_am.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The rise will occur on 1 July and will add almost $350 a year to customers\u2019 electricity bills.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>AGL statement:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWholesale prices have increased for a number of reasons, including high gas prices and limited gas availability on the East Coast, the closure of ageing coal-fired generators, and an uncertain policy environment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny decision by AGL to change prices is based on a detailed consideration of a range of factors including costs, market conditions and the value we offer customers.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>MOST POPULAR<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/rowey-bicks\/adelaide-cops-it-in-big-leigh-matthews-slap-down\"><strong>MEDIA COPS IT IN BIG LEIGH MATTHEWS SLAP DOWN<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/leon-byner\/senator-s-troubling-warning-about-adelaide-s-radical-hot-spots\"><strong>TROUBLING WARNING ABOUT ADELAIDE\u2019S RADICAL HOT SPOTS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AGL has increased its&nbsp;standing contracts with SA customers by 18 per cent, according to state treasurer Tom Koutsantonis. The local hike follows an 18 per cent increase in the ACT and 16.1 per cent in NSW. Mr Koutsantonis said the double-digit increases across the country were \u201cunsustainable\u201d. The rise will occur on 1 July and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":2289,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[144],"tags":[],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-14955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.2.1 (Yoast SEO v20.2.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Power company\u2019s big price increase for SA customers - FIVEAA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/power-company-s-big-price-increase-for-sa-customers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Power company\u2019s big price increase for SA customers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"AGL has increased its&nbsp;standing contracts with SA customers by 18 per cent, according to state treasurer Tom Koutsantonis. 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