Why do wholesale prices impact Tassie prices?

Because Tasmania is part of the National Electricity Market (NEM) we don’t only use and buy power generated in Tasmania, this means that interstate and overseas events and pressures can have an impact on our prices.

While most of the power we use in Tassie is generated by local hydro and wind, we do also use and buy power from the mainland.

If the wholesale price keeps going up, will energy prices keep going up?

For customers of unregulated retailers this may be a risk. Unregulated retailers can generally change their prices more than once per year and choose to pass on any increases at any time, subject to their terms and conditions.

Aurora Energy is regulated, so we only change our standing offer prices once per year. This means that no matter what happens to wholesale prices after the price for a financial year is decided, you can rest assured that your price won't change at all until next financial year.

Aurora Energy is the only regulated energy retailer in Tasmania.