Electricity Costs in Queensland

The residential costing for each KWh of electricity in Queensland:

Tariff 11 – Normal use

$0.13497 July 2005
$0.13882 July 2006 – a 2.85% increase
$0.15455 July 2007 – an 11.33% increase
$0.16291 July 2008 – a 5.41% increase
$0.18843 July 2009 – a 15.67% increase
$0.21351 July 2010 – a 13.31% increase

  • At 2009: an average increase of 8.7% per year for the last 4 years
  • At 2010: an average increase of 9.6% per year for the last 5 years

Tariff 33 – The off peak unit rate for water and the pool pump

$0.08107 July 2005
$0.08338 July 2006 – a 2.85% increase
$0.09284 July 2007 – an 11.35% increase
$0.09779 July 2008 – a 5.55% increase
$0.11319 July 2009 – a 15.75% increase
$0.12826 July 2010 – a 13.31% increase

  • At 2009: an average increase of 8.7% per year for the last 4 years
  • At 2010: an average increase of 9.6% per year for the last 5 years

The above are actual rates from bills received covering those periods, with the July figures being taken from the issued Queensland regulated rates from July 1st 2009.


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Another way of looking at changing Electricity costs over time, is this example:

An actual Electricity Bill costing in Nov 2003
2,047 kWh used at a total bill cost of $241.72 = a unit cost of $0.1181

An actual Electricity Bill costing in Nov 2009
2,564 kWh used at a total bill cost of $431.01 = a unit cost of $0.1681

That is an average cost increase of 6.06% per year over the last 6 years
QLD average Wages however have only risen by 5.15% per year over that same period
The NET rise is therefore 0.91% per year extra, assuming your power consumption stays the same.

Both Origin and AGL are quoting regulated rates in advertising material.

AGL offer a 5% discount for customers, whilst Origin offer 1 month free every year. Conditions apply.

Queensland Electricity Prices www.rockhamptonregion.com.au
Queensland Electricity Prices www.rockhamptonregion.com.au
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