{"id":30997,"date":"2016-06-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/agl-raises-electricity-prices-by-10-per-cent\/"},"modified":"2016-06-15T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-06-15T00:00:00","slug":"agl-raises-electricity-prices-by-10-per-cent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/agl-raises-electricity-prices-by-10-per-cent\/","title":{"rendered":"AGL raises electricity prices by 10 per cent"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>SA Treasurer Tom Koutsantonis has labelled an AGL energy price hike a \u201ckick in the guts\u201d and urged South Aussies to consider changing provider.<\/h3>\n<p>AGL \u2013 energy provider for one in two South Australians \u2013 announced on Wednesday morning that it would be raising electricity prices by 10 per cent from 1 July.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a kick in the guts,\u201d Tom Koutsantonis told Leon Byner on FIVEAA.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEspecially after gas prices and water prices dropped.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt really shows you how important it is that we start treating electricity the way we treat other commodities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Treasurer Koutsantonis said an increased energy rebate for customers was a possibility.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes. Of course it is. Its always possible,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the next two years, depending what happens with power prices, absolutely we\u2019d have to consider this.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>LISTEN TO TOM KOUTSANTONIS:<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"no\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/269131517&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>He urged customers to contact AGL.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSay I want a better offer right now or I\u2019m moving to Origin or Energy Australia or Alinta or some other company. I wonder what would happen?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI suspect some will hold prices where they are, just increase them by inflation, some may cut them. But I think the large customer base ones might have some increases, that\u2019s why its important you move,\u201d Mr Koutsantonis said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe should be moving electricity companies, I think, yearly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are plenty of government facilities and websites available that can help you understand how to get a better deal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen South Australians decided to back Spring Gully, they were able to change market outcomes,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/rowey-bicks\/david-koch-fires-back-at-tim-watson\">WHACK \u2013 DAVID KOCH HITS BACK AT TIM WATSON<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/leon-byner\/adelaide-s-cheap-rail-system\">THE IMPORTANT ADELAIDE UPGRADE DONE \u201cON THE CHEAP\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SA Treasurer Tom Koutsantonis has labelled an AGL energy price hike a \u201ckick in the guts\u201d and urged South Aussies to consider changing provider. AGL \u2013 energy provider for one in two South Australians \u2013 announced on Wednesday morning that it would be raising electricity prices by 10 per cent from 1 July. \u201cIt\u2019s a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":18174,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[249,231],"tags":[],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-30997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-leon-byner","category-show"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>AGL raises electricity prices by 10 per cent - 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\/show\/agl-raises-electricity-prices-by-10-per-cent\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"AGL raises electricity prices by 10 per cent\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"SA Treasurer Tom Koutsantonis has labelled an AGL energy price hike a \u201ckick in the guts\u201d and urged South Aussies to consider changing provider. 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