Last year, on average, one household or business was forced to lose power every half an hour, according to the latest data.
More than 18,999 business and home users were forced to lose power because they failed to pay their electricity bills, almost twice as many as 10000 in 2016.
So far this year, nearly 3500 customers have lost power. The figures exceed Western Australia's budget, with electricity prices expected to rise by 6%.
Shadow owner Dean Nalder said there was no doubt that last year's price hikes had led to a reluctance to pay electricity bills, leading to a growing number of users who lost power.
Many people are struggling, saying they are suffering because their wages are not rising, but electricity is rising faster. Unfortunately, the state government is not aware of the situation.
Mr. Nalder said he was concerned that a possible increase in electricity tariffs in today's budget would lead to more discounting than last year's figure.
Ben Wyatt, the finance director, said that while less than 2 percent of customers had lost power, he acknowledged that the situation was growing gradually and that higher electricity prices were one of the reasons for the increase in power outages.
While the economy is not optimistic and higher tariffs will undoubtedly help customers' ability to pay, changes in Synergy's debt collection could also lead to higher power outages and higher interest rates on payment plans.
In particular, in November 2016, the number of forced power outages approved by the former liberal national government could double each month, and Mr Wyatt said users could get multiple payment options when they were unable to settle their bills.
In short, it is very bad to have nothing, wages have not increased, on the contrary, living expenses have increased a lot, looking at the monthly electricity and electricity network bills, the head is big, do you have this feeling?