{"id":21388,"date":"2018-05-10T18:46:45","date_gmt":"2018-05-10T08:16:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=21388"},"modified":"2021-02-10T13:20:20","modified_gmt":"2021-02-10T02:50:20","slug":"electricity-prices-wa-mb0581","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/electricity-prices-wa-mb0581\/","title":{"rendered":"Electricity Prices To Rise In Western Australia (Again)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Electricity<\/p>\n

“Western Australians set for lower increases in household bills,” says the WA Government. It was a curious way of telling people electricity will soon cost them more.<\/p>\n

Western Australia’s 2018-19 Budget has been unveiled, revealing fees and charges for the average household will increase by 4.8 per cent (around $292) in 2018-19.<\/p>\n

In relation to electricity costs specifically, these will rise by about 33 cents a day for the average household – so approximately another $121 a year.<\/p>\n

This year’s rise (from July 1) will be 7%, compared to 10.9% last year.<\/p>\n

“While some increases in household fees and charges are more than we would like, these increases are lower than last year and we have also worked hard to make them lower than expected in some cases,” said<\/a> Treasurer Ben Wyatt.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That news of “lower increases” will be cold comfort to those already struggling to make ends meet.<\/p>\n

Electricity Price Rises Fuel Solar Uptake<\/h2>\n

Yet another electricity price rise and the continued availability of a still-generous solar subsidy<\/a> will no doubt spur on more Western Australians to go solar, joining more than a quarter of a million other WA households and businesses that have already installed a solar power system<\/a>.<\/p>\n

According to the latest data available from the Clean Energy Regulator (current as at March 31), three of the top ten postcodes for solar installations in Australia (total numbers, not per capita) were in WA :<\/p>\n