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| Lower retail electricity prices are in that land of the unicorns where your $275 saving lives. |
Mr Bowen recently posted on Facebook that wholesale energy prices had decreased 47 per cent in the past 12 months.
At the National Press Club today, I asked him:
…in many cases retail supply charges have increased and time of use windows have changed, making any consumer price changes minimal, and less transparent. Minister, who is actually benefiting from the halving of wholesale electricity prices?
He confidently responded with a non-answer. It will flow through to the consumer so wholesale price reductions are a good thing.
The bottom line is that lower retail electricity prices are with your $2.75 saving Labor promised in 2022.
In the Flat White newsletter, Alexandra Marshall wrote:
Climate Change and Energy Minister, Chris Bowen, has turned ‘underwhelming’ into an art. His polished media appearances, including at the National Press Club last week, allow criticism to slide off his suit jacket. Ignoring those who point out the eye-watering costs of his COP-31 moonlighting, the Energy Minister has been pushing Labor’s Net Zero policies so hard that a future Coalition government will struggle to unpick the damage. Our Canberra correspondent was at the Press Club to ask the Minister questions.
In the Morning Double Shot newsletter, Terry Barnes wrote:
Our Michael de Percy attended energy minister Chris Bowen’s ideological diatribe at the National Press Club yesterday, so you don’t have to. His report from the Press Club trenches shows how Bowen is a master of the non-answer, talking about energy consumers yet caring not about them. One can only hope the Press Club’s rubber chicken made the motorcycle trip to hear Bowen worthwhile for Michael.
My latest in The Spectator Australia, Cheaper electricity? Chris Bowen promises it’s on its way to you soon...
Energy prices are getting cheaper - didn't you hear?
— The Spectator Australia (@SpectatorOz) August 5, 2026
Energy Minister Chris Bowen said so on his Facebook.
Today, I asked him at the National Press Club: Who is benefitting from lower wholesale electricity prices?
Not you and me...
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