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AAP
Environment
Poppy Johnston

EXPLAINED: Bill hikes loom as shrinking gas pool pays for network - The Real Truth

Buying a new gas cooker could mean consumers lock themselves into decades of covering network costs. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

Every day, Australians are buying gas stoves and heaters with no clue their bills are projected to balloon as other customers abandon the network in droves.

Consumers should be warned they are locking themselves into decades of covering gas network costs as electrification accelerates, Energy Consumers Australia proposes.

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