NEW electricity tariffs that promise to reduce power costs for farmers would be developed within 100 days of the LNP forming government in Queensland.
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LNP Leader Deb Frecklington said reducing electricity costs would support irrigators and supercharge regional economies.
She said the LNP would ask the Productivity Commission to develop a new set of modern and affordable agricultural tariffs to reduce the skyrocketing cost of electricity within the first 100 days of forming government.
"The commission will overhaul the current system and introduce a new demand-based tariff structure that rewards productivity and efficiency," Ms Frecklington said.
LNP agriculture spokesman Tony Perrett said a suite of tariffs would be developed for farmers to meet their differing needs.
"Modern agricultural businesses have a wide variety of needs and demands when it comes to electricity that cannot be solved with a blanket tariff," Mr Perrett said.
"That is why we will deliver a complete overhaul to our farmers' tariffs to make them cheaper. The commission will work with industry to achieve an outcome that delivers upon the LNP's vision to more than double agriculture by 2035.
"This is not about throwing out the progress already made by industry and farmers but building upon it with a new set of priorities based on increasing production, not gauging users."
