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ACCC finds million of Australians are paying more than they should for energy (www.youtube.com)
submitted 1 year ago by hikarulsi@lemmy.world to c/australia@aussie.zone
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Energy companies be like:

  • We need to ensure we price to stay in business, the profit margin is so thin
  • We are going to see a record profit, shareholders!

These companies are criminals and should be in prison for crimes against humanity

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[–] sphere_au@reddthat.com 5 points 1 year ago (5 children)

There should be a law forcing energy companies to charge the best pricing they have on offer to all customers at all times, instead of the current nonsense of having to ring up the power company every year when the year's pricing deal "is expiring" to avoid being put on extortionately high "default" rates. Not only to save money, but also time, as I am sure I am not the only one who hates having to wade through which "deal" is supposedly the best each year on pain of being given a big bill if I don't want to be bothered.

[–] TassieTosser@aussie.zone 15 points 1 year ago

At that point, we might as well nationalise the whole grid.

Let's nationalise the whole grid...

[–] hikarulsi@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

There seems to be a lot of anti consumer and action against humanity behaviour from multiple industries in Australia: coal, energy, telecom, building, REA, supermarkets, etc

All of them are just pure evil but masking themselves as capitalists. They are buying our politicians and the average citizens are so powerless.

We need change, just like what the Frenchs are demanding

[–] Majoof@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago

Great idea, don't know how it would work in practice though.

And yeah, my email to my supplier this year was essentially "don't make me faux leave to another supplier again to get the good rate, just give it to me"

[–] vividspecter@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

I expect the deals would just go away in those circumstances, since they only make money from it because most people (understandably) don't bother with the process. But yeah, the "loyalty fee" price structure is certainly getting tiresome.

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago

Grandfather the rates.