Electricity bills are to increase by 7% from today.
Former Treasury Minister Allan Bell announced the price hike in the budget.
He said people must understand that we are in an unprecedented difficult time and the increase is one of many difficult decisions that the treasury has, and will have to make, in the near future.
Listen to the audio above to here what former Treasury Minister Allan Bell said when announcing the budget.
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