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title: Electricity Bills Shock Consumers During Baseload Power Crisis
description: Australians are at risk of rising electricity bills, according to a new report by the Turnbull Government. The government was warned of an upcoming gap in the national electricity supply as many coal-fired power stations are being closed. This also highlighted the urgent need to build new generators to be in operation 24/7 as reported […]
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# [Electricity Bills Shock Consumers During Baseload Power Crisis](https://www.solartrustcentre.com/blog/bill-shock-emerging-baseload-power-crisis)

 Written by [Solar Trust Centre Team](https://www.solartrustcentre.com/blog/author/solar-trust-centre-team) | Sep 8, 2017 5:55:52 PM

Australians are at risk of rising electricity bills, according to a new report by the Turnbull Government. The government was warned of an upcoming gap in the national electricity supply as many coal-fired power stations are being closed. This also highlighted the urgent need to build new generators to be in operation 24/7 [as reported by The Australian.](http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/mining-energy/bill-shock-looms-amid-baseload-power-crisis/news-story/d64617bd271dd4b5d29cf371a93a185b)

49% of consumers declared in a report that they will not pay a cent more for renewable power. Since February the number of voters who will not pay for premium went up to 45%.

Other key factors in the report include:

- The expansion of existing coal-fired power stations is a more viable option to add baseload power as fast as possible.
- The government also believes that the Snowy Hydro scheme expansion can help in increasing the capacity by 50% to 3,500 megawatt-hours or more.

[Click here to read the full story on The Australian](http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/mining-energy/bill-shock-looms-amid-baseload-power-crisis/news-story/d64617bd271dd4b5d29cf371a93a185b)

 

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