A record number of households are being forced onto hardship programs to pay off their electricity bills as they struggle to cope with rising power prices.
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| EnergyAustralia managing director Catherine Tanna tells the AFR Energy Summit governments should trust the experts and work with, not against, industry to fix energy. |
A group of Coalition backbenchers have seized on the new data to bolster their push for the government to help build new coal-fired power plants, claiming it would help drive down prices.
The Australian Energy Regulator's latest electricity retailer report, released this week, shows 80,437 households had sought help with their bills since June 30. That was up 17 per cent, from 68,832, for the same period the previous year.
Read the story from The Age by Cole Latimer - “MPs seize on power hardship to renew coal push.”
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