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July 3rd, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Queensland Premier Campbell Newman’s election promise to freeze regulated electricity tariffs has copped another blow after another service provider raised its prices.
Mr Newman last week declared a public war on Origin Energy, accusing the electricity provider of “unjustified and unacceptably high” price increases and urged customers to switch.
He said despite the government freezing the tariff for domestic households, Origin had increased the tariff-11 by 13.7 per cent.
Mr Newman also threatened to cut $27 million worth of government contracts with Origin in protest of the price hikes.
However, AGL Energy Limited released its new pricing structure late on Tuesday, which showed its tariff 11 charge would increase by 14.6 per cent and its daily service fee would jump by 2.8 per cent.
An AGL spokeswoman says the increases would add an average of $4.40 a week to its 195,000 southeast Queensland customers.
The tariffs have been adjusted as per recommendations by the Queensland Competition Authority (QCA) and will come into effect in August, she said.
“However, each customer will be individually notified in writing before the changes are implemented,” she said in a statement.
AGL was one of eight competitors Mr Newman urged Origin customers to consider switching to.
Other smaller competitors have also flagged price increases, including to the supposedly frozen tariff 11.
A TRUenergy spokeswoman told AAP its increases, which average 12.4 per cent for households, were also in line with QCA recommendations.
A Sanctuary Energy spokesman said prices would be in line with those gazetted by the Queensland government.
Dodo Power and Gas prices are listed on their website as identical to Origin’s.
Other service providers listed by Mr Newman are either yet to release their prices or do not provide electricity in Queensland.
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