Sydney Australia

regulated power rates are AUD (close enough to parity with USD)
3 month billing (88-92 days)
$0.4800 per day deliver called an SAC +10% GST
1st 1755kWh per 3 months @ $0.206 per kWh +10% GST
over 1755kWh per 3 months @ $0.291 per kWh +10% GST

Anyone an negotiate a 5% or 10% reduction by going on a contract.

Dodo is offering around $0.23 per kWh +10% GST

prices will rise around 9% on 1 July 2012 and at least that amount every year for the next 3 years.

Plus we now have a new carbon tax - not sure of the price effect on that.

We have the world's largest supply of coal for electricity generation. We export it to China. But we seem to have hugely expensive consumer electricity prices despite using coal locally.