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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 1232 asked in the Legislative Council on 5 November 2020 by Hon Dr Steve Thomas

Parliament: 40 Session: 1

ELECTRICITY PRICES

1232. Hon Dr STEVE THOMAS to the minister representing the Minister for Energy:

We will test our luck. For each of the financial years of 2017–18, 2018–19 and 2019–20, I ask the following.

(1) By what percentage did the McGowan government raise electricity prices for consumers and businesses?

(2) What was the increase in the average household and business electricity bill in dollar terms?

(3) What amount was written down in the asset value of Synergy's electricity generating stations?

Hon STEPHEN DAWSON replied:

I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. The following information has been provided to me by the Minister for Energy.

(1) I refer the honourable member to table 8.6 of state budget paper No 3. I do not have a copy of that, but if the member needs me to access it for him, I will access it at a later stage.

(2) For the household average bill, I refer the honourable member to table 8.6 of state budget paper No 3.

Due to the variance in size of Synergy's business customers and the commercially sensitive nature of some contestable business contracts, the average bill for a Synergy business customer is not able to be provided.

(3) Synergy recorded the following information on generation asset impairments: 2017–18, nil; 2018–19, $349.4 million; and 2019–20, nil.