- Households and small businesses in regional Queensland to see some of the largest drops in a decade, under the Crisafulli Government.
- Power costs to fall by around 7 per cent for regional households and more than 8 per cent for small businesses.
- Treasurer directs Ergon Energy to pass on savings in full for regional Queenslanders.
- The Crisafulli Government’s Energy Roadmap driving down power prices for regional Queenslanders, after they skyrocketed 28.7 per cent in a single year under the former Labor Government.
The Crisafulli Government is delivering cheaper power costs for regional Queenslanders with households and small businesses to receive one of the largest drops in a decade.
The Queensland Competition Authority’s (QCA) final determination has confirmed electricity costs will drop by up to 6.9 per cent for regional households and 8.1 per cent for small businesses from 1 July.
The QCA notes higher availability of Queensland coal generators, lower gas prices, and growing investment in batteries and renewables are driving down power bills for Queenslanders.
Following the QCA’s determination, Treasurer and Minister for Energy David Janetzki has directed Government-owned Ergon Energy to pass on the savings in full to regional households and small businesses.
This follows the Australian Energy Regulator’s final Default Market Offer, which delivered price falls between 7.2 and 10.7 per cent for South East Queensland households and between 10.4 and 14 per cent for small businesses – the largest bill reductions in over a decade.
The Crisafulli Government is delivering affordable, reliable and sustainable energy for Queenslanders, after power bills skyrocketed under the former Labor Government.
Treasurer Janetzki said the Crisafulli Government was putting downward pressure on regional Queenslanders’ power bills.
“Regional Queenslanders have been under pressure from rising power costs for too long due to Labor’s failures. It’s only right if the cost of energy falls, bills should too,” Treasurer Janetzki said.
“What we’re now seeing is the result of the Crisafulli Government taking a balanced, disciplined approach to energy improving what we have while we build what we need for the future.
“Our Roadmap backs a pragmatic approach with coal for longer, more gas, and private sector investment into renewables and storage underpinning an affordable, reliable and sustainable energy system.
“It delivers $1035 in avoided costs for households that would have been incurred under the former Labor Government’s hoax Energy and Jobs Plan.
“At a time when Queenslanders’ hip pockets are feeling the pressure of a national affordability crisis, a drop in power bills is real, tangible, structural cost-of-living relief in contrast to Labor’s 28.7 per cent power increase in regional Queensland the year after their Energy and Jobs Plan was released.”
As Queensland’s economic regulator, the QCA sets the regulated retail electricity price for regional Queensland each year.
The final report from QCA can be viewed: https://www.qca.org.au/project/customers/electricity-prices/regulated-electricity-prices-for-regional-queensland-2026-27/
