Comment on Power Games: Who’s driving high power bills?
spiffmeister@aussie.zone 11 hours agoYou 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.
FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 11 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.
spiffmeister@aussie.zone 7 hours ago
Renewables do decrease prices though? Maybe l2add?
Because that’s literally what the referenced article states? Maybe l2read?
FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 5 hours ago
As the percentage of renewables increases, power bills increase, not decrease. Have you not been paying attention?