Energy companies will face pressure to lower prices as wholesale costs tumble

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Wholesale electricity price drops nearly 50% but grid costs balloon after bushfires and a severe storm

Energy companies will face rising pressure to reduce consumer costs after the average wholesale electricity price fell nearly 50% in the year to March due to increasing solar and wind generation, falling demand and lower gas prices.

 

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