NSW Labor is calling for Matt Kean to be upfront with the people of NSW about who will be paying his secret $138.14 million tax on NSW families, households and businesses to pay for his energy plan – which will add $37 in hidden costs to every single energy bill in NSW.

On Friday, the Australian Energy Regulator (AER) made a determination requiring energy distributors to charge consumers to cover the costs of the NSW Government’s Electricity Infrastructure Roadmap.

It was in December that the Energy Minister claimed he would get “big energy companies to pay” for this transition, not the consumer.

Under the Roadmap, the AER is required to determine how much energy consumers have to pay each year to cover the cost of the government’s energy policies.

In 2020, Energy Minister Matt Kean promised that his Electricity Infrastructure Roadmap would save households $130 a year and businesses $430 a year.

Instead, prices have already risen 26 per cent in just the last six months – and are projected to increase by another 30 per cent in the next year.

This latest impost will add a further $37 to the average annual household energy bill in NSW, which are already surging under the NSW Liberals.

Quotes attributable to Jihad Dib, NSW Shadow Minister for Energy & Climate Change:

“We are in a cost of living crisis compounded by an energy crisis. Not only is Matt Kean making it worse, he doesn’t want you to know about it.

“For Matt Kean to spruik cost of living relief whilst hiking energy bills is the ultimate act of hypocrisy.

“If NSW consumers have to foot the bill for the government’s energy policies, Matt Kean should be upfront about how much each family and business stands to pay.”

JIHAD DIB MP 
NSW SHADOW MINISTER FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES
NSW SHADOW MINISTER FOR ENERGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE