Chris Bowen is the Energy Minister. He wants to talk to energy companies. The companies sell power to homes. The government set a new price rule. The rule should lower bills by ten percent. But some companies did not lower bills.
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The minister says companies must use the new price for basic plans. But companies can keep other plans high. Some companies raised their fixed fees. Fixed fees stay the same every month. But they lowered the cost per unit of power.
The minister sent the case to a group. This group checks if companies break rules. The group is the ACCC. They will look at the company actions. They will decide if the actions are wrong.
Sources: theguardian.com / australianenergyregulator.gov.au