在新州独立定价与仲裁局（IPART）于周二宣布了最终决定后，新州家庭从下个月开始将面临着17.8%的瓦斯费增幅。
IPART的最终决定证实了几周前的一份草拟建议，这意味着取决于地点和瓦斯使用情况，典型的家庭瓦斯费从7月1日开始将每年增加155元到225元不等。
受昆州在建LNG出口项目瓦斯需求猛增的影响，澳洲东部地区的瓦斯费逐渐攀升。而这些LNG出口项目将在今年晚些时候开始向中国输送瓦斯。
令本地供应更为紧张的是，新州煤层气资源开采十分缓慢。受环保群体和一些当地社区和农牧社区的强烈反对，当局不得不改变规定，导致开发项目频频受阻。
IPART的主席波斯奥（Peter Boxall）承认了人们对于可负担性的担忧，不过他称LNG出口趋势使得澳洲东部地区的批发瓦斯市场“出现了本质性的改变”。
“在澳洲东部地区的瓦斯将第一次出口之时，零售商向客户供应瓦斯的成本走高，他们需要获得补偿。”
这次涨价适用于新州25%未签订具有竞争力供应合约、依旧选择了管控价格的小型瓦斯消费者。如果碳税遭废除，则2015-16年，瓦斯价将相对稳定。
从2014-15年开始的价格涨幅将因零售商的不同而异，其中AGL Energy将涨价18%，首府地区的ActewAGL用户将涨价17.8%，Origin Energy的用户基于地点不同将面临着14.6%或18.1%的增幅。
如果没有碳税，那么2014-15年的增幅应该会比较小，大约在8.7%到12.6%之间，但之后一年增幅将扩大。
NSW gas prices set to soar following IPART green light
NSW households are to be hit with an average 17.8 per cent hike in gas prices from next month after a final decision on Tuesday from the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal.
The regulator's decision, which confirms a draft recommendation several weeks ago, means the typical household gas bill will jump by between $155 and $225 a year from July 1, depending on location and gas use, according to the regulator.
Gas prices across eastern Australia are being driven higher by the huge jump in gas demand from LNG export projects being built in Queensland, the first of which is due to start shipments to China late this year.
Worsening the pressure on local supplies is the slow development of coal seam gas resources in NSW, where projects have been slowed by changing regulations amid fierce opposition to the sector by environmental and some local community and farming groups.
IPART chairman Peter Boxall acknowledged concerns about affordability but said the LNG export trend was driving "a fundamental change" in the wholesale gas market in eastern Australia.
"As gas starts to be exported from eastern Australia for the first time, the rising costs faced by retailers to supply gas to consumers need to be recouped," Dr Boxall said.
The increases apply to the 25 per cent of small gas consumers in NSW who have not signed up for a competitive supply contract and remain on a regulated tariff. In 2015-16, prices will be relatively stable, assuming the carbon price is repealed.
The price rises for 2014-15 differ between retailers, with AGL Energy customers to see an 18 per cent price increase, ActewAGL customers in the ACT to see a 17.8 per cent increase, and Origin Energy customers to see either a 14.6 per cent or 18.1 per cent increase depending on their location.
Without the carbon price, the increases for 2014-15 would be smaller, ranging from 8.7 per cent to 12.6 per cent, but would be larger the following year.
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