Aussie power prices the highest in the world

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By Leith van Onselen

The AFR published a disturbing report over the weekend documenting how Australian households are paying some of the highest power prices in the world – two to three times more than American households – despite us being a major energy producer:

South Australian households are paying the highest prices in the world at 47.13¢ per kilowatt hour, more than Germany, Denmark and Italy which heavily tax energy, after the huge increases on July 1, Carbon + Energy Markets’ MarkIntell data service says.

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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.