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ChristianL Semiconductor
10-08-2023

Re: Can AGL please show me the maths behind the latest price increases in SA?

Thanks Neil - I did contact AGL and got that better rate, so my increase has only been 31.5%.(though I should add that AGL's original offer saw me being reverted form my AGL savers plan to the default rate, which was 45% or more than I was paying... then they gave me the improved fate I based my original questionon, then when I called them again I got the rate you mentioned. I did fire off a broadside about that - it should NOT be this difficult ο™‚The question remains though - the regulator said ...
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ChristianL Semiconductor
24-07-2023

Re: Demand Tariff & Spike in usage

That's some impressive analysis there!It does, however, just go to show that demand metering does nothing to make electricity pricing and monitoring simple for the average consumer.I would STRONGLY recommend against demand based metering for ANY consumers UNLESS they can run spreadsheet software AND have access to accurate reading data AND their retailer/distributor can GUARANTEE that all times are synched via NTP to a strata-1 time source.And if you don't understand any of the words in the para ...
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ChristianL Semiconductor
24-07-2023

Can AGL please show me the maths behind the latest price increases in SA?

Hello AGL First off, my apologies if this has been posted in the forums thus far. I've done some searching and not been able to locate anything relevant to this, apart from a heck of a lot of disgruntled customers. The AER advised South Australian customers that they would be facing a 22.5% increase in their power charges (for controlled load) come 1st July, as per the determination that they handed down earlier this year. (https://www.aer.gov.au/.../aer-releases-final...). My AGL power price w ...
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