Australian households in four states will face steep electricity price hikes in the coming months as the country’s energy regulator flags increases of up to 31 per cent.

Victorians will see their bills going up by almost a third while NSW, Queensland, and South Australia also face steep hikes.

Despite this, NSW Energy Minister Matt Kean insisted on Tuesday night that the Coalition government was ‘putting downward pressure’ on electricity bills by ‘firming’ new renewable power infrastructure in a baffling media release.

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