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Podcast: The Mike Hosking Breakfast
Episode: Mike Fuge: Contact Energy Chief Executive says line charges are responsible for increased energy prices
Description: The country's second-largest electricity gentailer says rising electricity prices are the result of rising lines charges. Inflation's now back up at three-percent. The single biggest driver is electricity prices - which have increased 11.3 percent in the past year. Contact Energy Chief Executive Mike Fuge says electricity firms are having to pass on the fixed lines charges that cover the cost of infrastructure. He says they rose by about 20-percent last year and about 16-percent this year. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.