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West Australian power provider overcharges thousands of vulnerable customers for a decade

2025-07-15 81 Dailymotion

Western Australia's economic watchdog has found state-owned power utility Synergy overcharged thousands of vulnerable customers over more than a decade. The Economic Regulation Authority says the utility continued to take money from customers' Centrelink payments after they had closed their Synergy accounts, something the Opposition and social service providers have labelled "concerning".