Q. Who or what do you mostly blame most for rising power prices?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Sep 2017 | |||
| Private power companies trying to maximise profits | 44% | 46% | 47% | 46% | 44% | 49% | ||
| The Turnbull Government for failing to have a long-term energy plan | 21% | 32% | 12% | 23% | 25% | 22% | ||
| Environmentalists for pushing for action on climate change | 11% | 4% | 17% | 10% | 17% | 9% | ||
| Renewable energy companies for producing higher-cost power | 7% | 4% | 11% | 4% | 6% | 5% | ||
| Don’t know | 17% | 14% | 13% | 16% | 8% | 15% |
44% think private power companies trying to maximise profits are most to blame for rising power prices and 21% think the Turnbull Government is most to blame. 11% blame environmentalists pushing for action on climate change and only 7% blame renewable energy costs.
Since this question was asked in September there has been a decrease in those who blame power companies (down 5% to 44%) and an increase in those who blame environmentalists or renewables (up 4% to 18%).