<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Electricity bills soared 27.16 per cent higher than inflation in two years after the average household cost jumped, a nwe report claims.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>According to energy comparison service iSelect, the average household electricity cost rose from $0.361/kWh in June 2023 to $0.389/kWh in June 2025.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The price increased by 7.63 per cent while the consumer price index, the key indicator of inflation, rose by 6 per cent in that same period.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/refinancing-mortgage-trap-lower-interest-rate-longer-loan-term-interest-payments-cost-of-living-news/9f7a1024-e850-499b-bc69-4de35ad2e9a1" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>The refinancing mortgage trap that can cost you more in the long run</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>iSelect utilities general manager Julia Paszka said: "Overall, the research reveals that while Australian households are facing above-inflation increases in their electricity bills."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The rates are feared to worsen after the monthly inflation indicator rose to the highest level in a year at 2.8 per cent in July, exceeding the 2.3 per cent economists had been expecting.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>eToro market analyst Josh Gilbert said the figures were a "sharp reversal from the steady disinflation we've seen over recent months and takes inflation back towards the top of the RBA's target band".</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/household-electricity-bills-soared-faster-than-inflation-new-iselect-data/3592c382-efe9-4c91-bc2c-d95a7fd51f02" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"This suggests price pressures are proving stickier than policymakers had hoped, particularly in housing," he said last month. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Electricity prices were also hiked from July 1, after costs were adjusted to the Australian Energy Regulator's new default market offer (the legislated ceiling price for electricity prices).</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>NSW residents saw the sharpest increase of up to 9.7 per cent, while south-east Queensland saw up to 3.7 per cent, and South Australia saw up to 3.2 per cent.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/andrew-hastie-threatens-to-quit-opposition-over-net-zero-sussan-ley/742ccd5c-a039-4638-b80a-2c216277f329" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Senior Liberal frontbencher threatens to quit as he issues ultimatum</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Australian Energy Regulator chair Clare Savage attributed the price rise to increasing transmission and wholesale electricity costs.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We know this is not welcome news for consumers in the current cost-of-living environment," she said earlier this year.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Sustained pressures across almost all components of the default market offer have driven these price rises, with wholesale and network costs rising in most jurisdictions between 1 per cent and 11 per cent, and retail costs between 8 per cent and 35 per cent compared with last year."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Households can, however, expect to see some relief on their last two quarterly bills this year with two $75 energy rebates to be applied.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The federal government extended the rebates from July 1 to the end of 2025, but has indicated it would not extend the policy to next year.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div 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