Electricity bills roll out without carbon price

GLADSTONE residents receiving electricity bills from Ergon Energy this week will pay an amount that doesn't include the carbon tax.

GLADSTONE residents receiving electricity bills from Ergon Energy this week will pay an amount that doesn't include the carbon tax.

Bills issued from July 24 don't include a carbon price component.

An Ergon Energy spokesman said customers with bills based on meter readings taken between July 1 and 23 had been issued with accounts based on previous tariffs, so they would receive an adjustment on their next bill.

The electricity tariffs available through Ergon Energy Retail were set by the Queensland Competition Authority, he said.

About a quarter of Ergon Energy Retail's customers will receive an adjustment on their next bill, with the amount expected to be less than $10 for most residential bills.

The competition authority estimates the annual saving for typical residential customers from the removal of the carbon price will be about $170.

The authority also prepared a solar PV feed-in tariff rate without the carbon price, but this has not been enacted by the Queensland Government.

As a result, Ergon Energy Retail will continue paying customers the full feed-in tariff rate, including the carbon price, until further notice.

The removal of the carbon price does not affect customers who receive the 44c/kWh feed-in tariff.

Originally published as Electricity bills roll out without carbon price