Guy declares energy crisis as bayside bar takes potshot at soaring bills

One of Melbourne’s landmark bayside pubs has been forced to ration its heating and cooling and cut down on staff as it faces power bills that have soared to $24,000 a month.

Publican Robbie Beaton says he needs to pour 120
more pots of beer each day to keep pace with power bills.

The owners of Doyle’s Bridge Hotel in Mordialloc say they will have to pour more than 120 more pots of beer each day just to keep pace with power bills that have tripled from $8000 a month in the wake of last year’s closure of the Hazelwood power plant in the Latrobe Valley.

Publican Robbie Beaton was in Parliament House on Wednesday to support the Victorian Liberals as they tried to heap pressure on the Andrews government and promote the cost of living and power prices as first-order election issues.

Read the story by Noel Towell from The Age - “Guy declares energy crisis as bayside bar takes potshot at soaring bills.”