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spiffmeister@aussie.zone ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

You know you could just read the article

The renewables in our grid lowered average household electricity bills by up to $417 in 2024, collectively saving households up to $3.8 billion in just one year.

Thanks to the high share of renewables, wholesale prices nearly halved in the last three months of 2025.

And on your point the report says

Transmission – the highway system that transports power from where it is created, to where it is used. Transmission only makes up about 6-8% of an overall power bill.

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FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Renewables did no such thing - the government subsidies did that.

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- spiffmeister@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  You can do a bit better than citing a dude with vested interests. You can even find government sources that roughly agree with you: The AEMC report
  
  However the report also notes that:
  
  Delays to new wind and transmission build, and the uncoordinated use of CER are projected to have the biggest impact on electricity costs.
  
  Highlighting that renewables do decrease prices. Of course, reducing gas prices would probably also reduce prices.
  
  Also at least for last quarter the [AEMO] (www.aemo.com.au/-/media/files/…/qed-q4-2024.pdf?r…) report that coal and transmission are the driving costs. Negative energy prices were primarily driven by renewables.
  
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  - FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    The AEMO are the biggest vested interest in this. Nothing they say can be taken seriously.
    
    Renewables don’t decrease prices because without transmission and grid-scale storage, which doesn’t even exist yet, it’s basically useless.
    
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    spiffmeister@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago
    Renewables do decrease prices though? Maybe l2add?
    
    If you’d heard it was 40% why did you say it was only 6-8% in your previous comment?
    
    Because that’s literally what the referenced article states? Maybe l2read?
    
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