"...AGL said the planned export of gas from Queensland was...

"...AGL said the planned export of gas from Queensland was forcing the wholesale gas price to about $6-$7 a gigajoule, up from $4.70 at present.

Already, the price in Queensland is estimated at $9.40 a gigajoule.

The surge in the Queensland gas price is forcing gas retailers to look to obtaining increasing volumes of gas from Bass Strait suppliers, where the wholesale price is put at $6.25-$6.50 a gigajoule.

But supplies from Victoria are constrained by a lack of pipeline capacity.

ActewAGL has applied for an 18.6 per cent increase in gas prices in the ACT and Origin Energy is seeking a 20.1 per cent increase in the regulated tariff in its supplier area in southern NSW.


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