I refer to the Minister’s comments in the House on17 April 2013 that “The then-Labor Government made a couple of serious errors … it failed, primarily, to make sure that the regulated price to retail

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Asked
9 May 2013
Portfolio
Energy

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I refer to the Minister’s comments in the House on17 April 2013 that “The then-Labor Government made a couple of serious errors … it failed, primarily, to make sure that the regulated price to retail equalled the cost”, and I ask:
(a) does the price of electricity charged by Synergy in accordance with the A1 as at 1 May 2013 tariff equal the cost of producing electricity;
(b) if no, is it the policy of the Barnett Liberal Government to charge a full cost-reflective tariff for the Synergy A1 tariff;
(c) does the price of electricity charged by Horizon in accordance with the A1 as at 1 May 2013 tariff equal the cost of producing electricity; and
(d) if no, is it the policy of the Barnett Liberal Government to charge a full cost-reflective tariff for the Horizon A1 tariff?

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Answered
11 June 2013
Responded by
Minister for Energy
Response time
33 days
(a) No.
(b) The Government's goal over the longer term is for the price consumers
pay for electricity to equal the cost of supplying it while managing the effect
of cost increases on vulnerable households.
(c) No.
(d) The Government supports the uniform tariff policy that residential
electricity consumers supplied by Horizon Power should pay the same for their
electricity as households on the South West Interconnected System.

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