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Originally Posted by Charliewool
My take on this entire fiasco is bloody greedy privately owned providers who do buggerall to keep up with, not just a growing population, but a more 21st century power reliant population... We pay pay pay pay until it hurts..
Their input as far as infrastructure upgrades or future planning is nonexistent (or minimal at best)
A damn disgrace I reckon!
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Speaking for Victoria only our mate Jeff kennet mandated that power prices to be capped for about 10 years when the SEC was privatised by the power companies in 2000, for the last 5 years these companies are now playing catch up on price hikes & like all privatised companies maintenance will be minimal to maximise profits.