THE issue of electricity prices has finally emerged in the West Australian election campaign after weeks of both major parties obsessing over major infrastructure projects.
Premier Colin Barnett told the only debate of the 2013 campaign that power prices would only rise "at or around the rate of inflation" of about three per cent per annum, if he wins a second term.
The latest budget forecasts a 25 per cent rise over three years, but the premier guaranteed that would not be the case.
On Thursday, opposition energy spokesman Bill Johnston said there would be a budget black hole if electricity prices only increased with inflation.
But Energy Minister Peter Collier hit back, asking why Labor had not yet revealed its plans for power costs.
Mr Collier said the incumbent Liberals had been honest and transparent about electricity prices.
Mr Barnett said this week that electricity prices had gone up significantly under his government but the utilities were in substantial debt and the previous Labor government had kept power prices down "artificially" - in other words, by not reflecting the true cost of production and distribution."We took the hard decision, it did affect people's cost of living quite dramatically, but there was no choice," he said during Tuesday's debate.
He added that WA still had some of the lowest power prices in the country.
On Wednesday, Mr Barnett denied speculation by Mr Collier's former chief of staff Darren Brown that he planned to privatise power pole manager Western Power if he won a second term.
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