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Electricity

The costs of supplying electricity

Now you’ve had a closer look at a bill, let’s look at the various costs of supplying safe and reliable electricity to your home or business. In the energy industry, costs flow through what is known as a ‘supply chain’. For example:

Generators buy fuels (such as coal, gas or biomass) and generate electricity at power stations.

Networks transmit and distribute electricity via the ‘grid’ (networks of substations, poles and wires).

Retailers, like Origin, provide customer services, such as arranging new CONNECTIONS, answering questions, resolving any issues and issuing bills.

It’s the retailers’ JOB to incorporate all of these costs from along ...

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of the amount of electricity (that is, the watt) and the period of time for which it is used. So a standard measure of electricity consumption is the amount of watts used over an hour: the watt-hour (Wh). For example, a 40 W light bulb TURNED ON for one hour will use 40 Wh of electricity.

An electricity bill RECORDS the number of killowatt hours (kWh) consumed over a period, which is usually around THREE months when the meters are read. A kilowatt-hour is simply a thousand watt-hours. So, using a 4,000 W air-conditioner for one hour will consume 4 kWh of electricity (or 4,000 ...

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