Miles vows Queensland households will always have cheapest power in mainland national electricity market if Labor wins

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Premier promises to create ‘energy price guarantee’ if his party retains government at state election

Steven Miles has pledged to create a second state-owned energy retailer to guarantee Queensland households pay cheaper electricity prices if Labor win the state election.Steven Miles has pledged to create a second state-owned energy retailer to guarantee Queensland households pay cheaper electricity prices if Labor win the state election.

He refused to reveal the cost of the plan on Wednesday. “Those assets have to be used in a way to ensure that we have base load power whilst we transition to the renewable energy of the future,” he said. “It is vital, you have to find a balance … and a big factor of our plan is to make sure that we have that base load power so Queenslanders can afford their electricity.”

 

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