#Latest news with #MiaSchlichtSky News AU26-05-2025BusinessSky News AUAustralians were ‘forced to pay' for solar farms through ‘hidden' electricity chargesIPA Research Fellow Mia Schlicht has confirmed Australian consumers were being slugged with hundreds of millions of dollars to prop up foreign-owned solar farms through hidden charges on their power bills. 'Australians were being forced to pay over a billion dollars on hidden charges on their electricity bills to prop up unreliable wind farms,' Ms Schlicht told Sky News host Peta Credlin. 'In 2024 alone, Australian electricity consumers were forced to pay $659 million to solar farms through hidden charges on their electricity bills. '72 per cent of those are foreign-owned.'
Sky News AU26-05-2025BusinessSky News AUAustralians were ‘forced to pay' for solar farms through ‘hidden' electricity chargesIPA Research Fellow Mia Schlicht has confirmed Australian consumers were being slugged with hundreds of millions of dollars to prop up foreign-owned solar farms through hidden charges on their power bills. 'Australians were being forced to pay over a billion dollars on hidden charges on their electricity bills to prop up unreliable wind farms,' Ms Schlicht told Sky News host Peta Credlin. 'In 2024 alone, Australian electricity consumers were forced to pay $659 million to solar farms through hidden charges on their electricity bills. '72 per cent of those are foreign-owned.'
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