Why pick green power under new pricing model?

by Matt Grudnoff in The Canberra Times

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Originally published in The Canberra Times on July 14, 2012

You would think that, with the introduction of a carbon price, the gap between the cost of coal-fired electricity and the cost of renewable energy would close, but, at least if you are an ActewAGL customer, you would be wrong. Surprisingly, despite not facing a carbon bill for the production of green power, the price difference between ActweAGL’s carbon-intensive electricity and its green power will remain at 7.5c per kWh. The question must be asked: is ActewAGL using the carbon price to gouge its green-power customers by charging the carbon price on the renewable energy it supplies?

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