If "they" put up MY electricity bill by 20% - and then by 30% - they'd need to let me know at some stage
With solar panels that generate FAR more than I use - and pay a rather large feed in of tariff of 62 cents per kwh - plus a heatpump hot-water service and washing machine, low-energy appliances plus ceiling, wall and floor insulation ...
I don't get power bills, just quarterly rebates deposited into my bank account.
On a pension, I borrowed money for the set-up - and I KNOW there are many electricity consumers out there wishing they'd done the same thing.
ALSO, bear in mind two things - any increases will ALWAYS be LOWER for the person who has ANY number solar panels - against the person who DOESN'T
And NO government has ANY power, whatsoever, on power prices - or whether the owners shut them down early and totally
This is in line with
the Howard mantra, "let the market decide"