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Electricity costs
Do you think a 50% renewable target will mean higher or lower electricity costs?
Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote Other | Approve 50% target | Dis-approve 50% target | |||
Higher costs | 51% | 45% | 67% | 42% | 48% | 48% | 82% | ||
Lower costs | 18% | 22% | 11% | 25% | 19% | 24% | 10% | ||
Much higher costs | 24% | 12% | 42% | 8% | 27% | 13% | 71% | ||
A little higher costs | 27% | 33% | 25% | 34% | 21% | 35% | 11% | ||
A little lower costs | 12% | 14% | 8% | 16% | 15% | 16% | 5% | ||
Much lower costs | 6% | 8% | 3% | 9% | 4% | 8% | 5% | ||
Make no difference to costs | 11% | 13% | 8% | 20% | 13% | 14% | 5% | ||
Don’t know | 19% | 20% | 14% | 14% | 19% | 15% | 3% |
51% think that a 50% renewable target will mean higher electricity costs and 18% think it will mean lower costs. 11% think it will make no difference.
Of those who approve the Labor Party’s 50% renewable target 48% think it will mean higher electricity costs and 24% think it will mean lower costs – although only 13% think it will mean much higher costs.

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