❓ Mr. Stephens questions the increase in power charges for Marble Bar and Nullagine residents despite the implementation of a more efficient solar-diesel hybrid power supply. The government responds that uniform tariffs protect regional consumers from the true, higher cost of energy production in remote areas.
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(1) Will the Premier advise how the State Government justifies the dramatic increase in power charges that have been billed to the residents of Marble Bar and Nullagine, when the towns are now serviced by an energy efficient solar-diesel hybrid power supply that has reduced the cost of power production in these towns?
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16 February 2011
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99 days
Customers in Marble Bar and Nullagine, like residential customers across the State, receive the power at the uniform tariff rate, which is based on the cost reflective price of electricity in the South West Interconnected System.
While the Member is right in stating the new power stations at Marble Bar and Nullagine are more fuel efficient than their predecessors, the cost of generation in these two towns is still far more expensive than the cost of generation in the SWIS.
The uniform tariff protects regional and rural energy consumers from facing the true cost of energy consumption in regional and rural areas which in some towns, may be as much as 10-15 times more expensive than the average cost of providing energy in densely populated areas like metropolitan Perth.
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While the Member is right in stating the new power stations at Marble Bar and Nullagine are more fuel efficient than their predecessors, the cost of generation in these two towns is still far more expensive than the cost of generation in the SWIS.
The uniform tariff protects regional and rural energy consumers from facing the true cost of energy consumption in regional and rural areas which in some towns, may be as much as 10-15 times more expensive than the average cost of providing energy in densely populated areas like metropolitan Perth.
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