Shocking Difference In Utilities Prices

[Ikyoto]

My friends told me what they pay in Melton for electricity and gas - given the kilowatt hours and cubic meters, you folks in the Melbourne area are paying between 1/2 and 1/3 what I pay in Buffalo NY! <img src='http://www.melbournechat.org/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wow.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':laugh:' />



Taking into account the price of housing, I'll STILL be saving money when I move there!



Wow - I'm shocked at the difference. What they pay per quarter is what we pay per MONTH and even then only if we're very careful on usage. <img src='http://www.melbournechat.org/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/blink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':laugh:' />

[glen]

Hi Ikyoto,



I think they are predicting that those prices will rise if Australia introduces a carbon emissions trading scheme. Though it might be another year or so before that actually happens.



Cheers, Glen <img src='http://www.melbournechat.org/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':laugh:' />

[Ikyoto]

As long as they don't triple, we'll still be ahead of where we are now.

[glen]

I got the impression they might double <img src='http://www.melbournechat.org/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':laugh:' /> But hopefully that won't happen anytime soon!!



Also they say the price of water might increase when they finish the new Melbourne Water Desalination Plant. Though that will also be a few years off.