Australians urged to shop around as power prices set to rise up to 9% from July

Government encourages households to search for better offers as default prices rise on higher generation and transmission costs

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Hundreds of thousands of households face higher power bills as the energy regulator has proposed lifting benchmark prices by up to 9% in some regions.

The government has conceded power bills are “too high” and urged users to shop around for the best deal in response to the proposed changes.

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