Whether you're planning for net-zero emissions by 2050 or not makes no difference to our electricity bills at this point in time.
Even if you don't care about emissions at all there isn't a way to make electricity cheaper that isn't renewables.
Electricity bills are high because gas is expensive and nobody wants to invest in a new coal power station at this point (companies barely want to invest in existing coal power stations)
The only long term path for lower electricity prices is increased renewables and we'd have been in a much better position if the Coalition hadn't spent a decade in power delaying new electricity infrastructure.
In the mean time we could bring down electricity prices a bit by forcing gas companies to supply the domestic market at a discount before they're allowed to export overseas.
#auspol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYPGC_rrO6k
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