{"id":59468,"date":"2022-03-02T07:05:08","date_gmt":"2022-03-01T20:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=59468"},"modified":"2022-03-02T07:05:08","modified_gmt":"2022-03-01T20:35:08","slug":"regional-queensland-electricity-mb2377","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/regional-queensland-electricity-mb2377\/","title":{"rendered":"Regional Queensland Braces For Power Price Hike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59469\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/electricity-prices-regional-qld.jpg\" alt=\"Electricity prices in regional Queensland\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/electricity-prices-regional-qld.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/electricity-prices-regional-qld-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/electricity-prices-regional-qld-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/electricity-prices-regional-qld-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A draft determination from the Queensland Competition Authority indicates regional Queenslanders will be paying more for electricity in 2022\/23 &#8211; and big business will be hit particularly hard.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The QCA released its <a href=\"http:\/\/www.qca.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/draft-determination_-main-report.pdf\"> draft determination<\/a> on regulated retail electricity prices for regional Queensland to apply in 2022\u201323 on Friday. While not yet set in stone, the draft determination indicates the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Typical customers on the main residential tariffs (tariffs 11, 31 and 33) are expected to pay around 4.2 to 6.5 per cent more for their electricity in 2022\u201323.<\/li>\n<li>Typical customers on the main small business tariff (tariff 20) are expected to pay around 4.5 per cent more.<\/li>\n<li>Typical large business customers on tariffs 44, 45 or 46 are expected to pay around 9.9 to 13.6 per cent more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe expected increase in draft prices is mainly due to a projected increase in energy costs, following several years of falling energy costs, which were a driver of price decreases for each of the last three years,\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.qca.org.au\/draft-determination-on-regulated-retail-electricity-prices-for-regional-queensland-2022-23\/\">said<\/a> QCA Deputy Chair Madeline Brennan QC.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>An accompanying <a href=\"http:\/\/www.qca.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/acil-allen-energy-cost-report-feb-2022.pdf\">consultant report<\/a> from ACIL Allen notes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Unlike the previous four determinations in which there was a clear decline in contract prices, the market is now expecting an increase in price outcomes as the amount of utility scale renewable investment coming on-line slows between 2021-22 and 2022-23 (compared with recent years), coupled with the continued unavailability of Callide C Unit 4 for at least half of 2022-23, and stronger coal and gas prices, and the closure of Liddell in New South Wales.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The unavailability of Callide C Unit 4 is the result of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/callide-power-station-mb2011\/\">fire\/explosion in May last year<\/a> that had some major knock-on effects, both immediate and ongoing. As for large-scale renewable energy investment generally in Australia, the Clean Energy Council has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cleanenergycouncil.org.au\/news\/jobs-climate-at-risk-as-clean-energy-investment-stalls\">previously identified<\/a> grid connection and network constraints among the challenges, alongside &#8220;ongoing unpredictable and unhelpful government policy interventions and market reforms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The QCA is encouraging feedback on the draft determination before the closing date of 7 April 2022. The final determination is expected by the end of May, and new pricing will apply from 1 July 2022.<\/p>\n<h2>Going Solar In Regional Queensland<\/h2>\n<p>Taking some of the sting out of the increase for households will be another &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.qld.gov.au\/community\/cost-of-living-support\/concessions\/energy-concessions\/asset-ownership-dividend\">asset ownership dividend<\/a>&#8221; from the Queensland Government &#8211; a $50 rebate in 2022. But that&#8217;s $50 better off in a household&#8217;s pocket rather than going to an electricity retailer. Comparing electricity retailers won&#8217;t bring much joy as while there is some token competition in regional Queensland, it&#8217;s all much of a muchness.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of whether electricity prices are headed up, down or staying the same, home solar power will remain a solid investment. The upcoming increases make installing solar panels even more compelling for households and small businesses, and SolarQuotes has a comprehensive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/australia\/solar-power-qld\/solar-101-regional-queensland\/\">guide to going solar in regional Queensland<\/a> well worth checking out.<\/p>\n<p>For larger businesses in regional QLD, solar power can also be a slam-dunk investment decision &#8211; see SQ&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/commercial-solar-guide.html\">commercial solar guide<\/a> for further information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A draft determination from the Queensland Competition Authority indicates regional Queenslanders will be paying more for electricity in 2022\/23 &#8211; and big business will be hit particularly hard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":59469,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":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":[678],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-solar-battery-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Regional Queensland Braces For Power Price Hike - SolarQuotes Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Draft determination from the Queensland Competition Authority indicates regional Queenslanders will be paying more for electricity in 2022\/23\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/regional-queensland-electricity-mb2377\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Regional Queensland Braces For Power Price Hike\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Draft determination from the Queensland Competition Authority indicates regional Queenslanders will be paying more for electricity in 2022\/23\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/regional-queensland-electricity-mb2377\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SolarQuotes Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SolarQuotes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-03-01T20:35:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/electricity-prices-regional-qld.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michael Bloch\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/regional-queensland-electricity-mb2377\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/regional-queensland-electricity-mb2377\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Bloch\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1\"},\"headline\":\"Regional Queensland Braces For Power Price Hike\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-03-01T20:35:08+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/regional-queensland-electricity-mb2377\/\"},\"wordCount\":489,\"commentCount\":6,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/regional-queensland-electricity-mb2377\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/electricity-prices-regional-qld.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"General Solar &amp; 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The QCA is charged with the task of setting regulated retail electricity prices\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General Solar &amp; Storage News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General Solar &amp; Storage News","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Regional Queensland electricity prices","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/regional-qld-electricity.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/regional-qld-electricity.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/regional-qld-electricity.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/regional-qld-electricity.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/regional-qld-electricity.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":72424,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/dmo-vdo-electricity-increases-mb2862\/","url_meta":{"origin":59468,"position":2},"title":"Draft Electricity Price Decisions Bring Grim News","author":"Michael Bloch","date":"March 16, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Power bills look set to jump yet again for millions of Australian households and small businesses already reeling from the ongoing cost-of-living battle. Yesterday morning, the Australian Energy Regulator and the Victorian Essential Services Commission announced their draft decisions for the Default Market Offer (DMO) and Victorian Default Offer (VDO)\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General Solar &amp; Storage News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General Solar &amp; Storage News","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Electricity price increases: Australia","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/vdo-dmo-electricity.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/vdo-dmo-electricity.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/vdo-dmo-electricity.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/vdo-dmo-electricity.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/vdo-dmo-electricity.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":32351,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/gst-ergon-feed-in-tariff\/","url_meta":{"origin":59468,"position":3},"title":"Is GST Included On Ergon Feed-In Tariffs? It Depends Who You Ask","author":"Richard Chirgwin","date":"August 2, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"This post arises because of a query from a Queensland Ergon customer, who has discovered the solar feed-in tariff set by the state\u2019s competition regulator doesn\u2019t make provision for GST. This doesn\u2019t matter to residential customers - they\u2019re not expected to account for GST on the electricity they sell back\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Solar Policy&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Solar Policy","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-policy\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/ergon-gst.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/ergon-gst.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/ergon-gst.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/ergon-gst.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/ergon-gst.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":56613,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/vic-solar-tariff-2022-mb2260\/","url_meta":{"origin":59468,"position":4},"title":"Victoria&#8217;s Solar Feed-In Tariff Review","author":"Michael Bloch","date":"December 3, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Victoria's Essential Services Commission is reviewing the minimum solar feed-in tariff payable to system owners for the solar energy they export to the grid - and has released its draft decision. 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