Why your electricity bill in Australia is set to fall in 2021 even if you keep ...

Why your electricity bill in Australia is set to fall in 2021 even if you keep ...
Why your electricity bill in Australia is set to fall in 2021 even if you keep ...
Why YOUR electricity bill is set to fall this year even if you continue working from home Australian Competition and Consumer Commission tipping cheaper power bills Residential power bills rose 7 per cent in 2020 with more working from home But ACCC tipping cheaper wholesale electricity prices meaning cheaper bills

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Electricity bills are set to fall this year even as more Australians continue working from home. 

Last year, electricity bills rose by 7 per cent as residential customers used 10 per cent more power.

This saw median quarterly bills increase to $332 from $310.

'COVID-19 changed electricity usage patterns and bills in 2020,' the ACCC said.

'Residential customers, who spent more time at home in response to the pandemic, increased their electricity use.

'With increased usage, residential electricity bills increased.'

Electricity bills are set to fall this year even as more Australians continue working from home. Last year, electricity bills rose by 7 per cent as residential customers used 10 per cent more power. Pictured is Victoria Bowes working from home in Adelaide

 Electricity bills are set to fall this year even as more Australians continue working from home. Last year, electricity bills rose by 7 per cent as residential customers used 10 per cent more power. Pictured is Victoria Bowes working from home in Adelaide

But the competition regulator's chairman Rod Sims is more optimistic for 2021, predicting cheaper wholesale prices will

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