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Default Power, petrol to cost more
Power, petrol to cost more under Govt plan
Page 1 of 2 11:53AM Monday September 17, 2007
By Claire Trevett

Power bills will rise but the Government plans to help people on lower incomes under its new environmental carbon emissions trading scheme.

Prime Minister Helen Clark yesterday said the trading scheme, to be announced on Thursday, would include "compensation" for poor households to cope with the expected increases in power bills.

She acknowledged the trading scheme would push up electricity and petrol prices, "which is why it's so important that there is compensation for the low/modest-income consumer because they are not in a position, necessarily, to radically alter their pattern of use".

She would not give details of the assistance, saying they would be given with the announcement.

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