{"id":29909,"date":"2017-03-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-27T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/the-group-cashing-in-on-our-power-problems\/"},"modified":"2017-03-27T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-03-27T00:00:00","slug":"the-group-cashing-in-on-our-power-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/the-group-cashing-in-on-our-power-problems\/","title":{"rendered":"The group cashing in on our power problems"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>A cartel of gas producers is jacking up prices by up to 500 per cent, says an energy expert.<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cThe whole energy system is in transition,\u201d Bruce Robertson from the Institute for Energy, Economics &amp; Financial Analysis told Leon Byner on Monday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>LISTEN HERE:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/314621091&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\" frameborder=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is in a stage where it needs some planning by the government, and there\u2019s a total void of energy policy coming out of the federal government,\u201d Bruce said.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cPeople are actually exploiting the situation and the gas industry is one of these.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a cartel of producers that are forcing the price up to 500 per cent higher than we used to historically pay. 500 hundred per cent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re intentionally restricting supply to the domestic market and the effects of that is to force the price up. 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