Another criticism that has been levelled against the small electricity consumer agency is that it will lead to increased consumer bills. The Electricity Price Review estimated that if the agency had a budget of $2 million, this would be a small increase of less than $2 per year on consumer electricity bills, if the Government decided to recover the agency's costs. The bill does contain a provision to enable either a portion of, or all of, the costs of the agency to be recoverable from the industry levy, but there is no plan at this time to amend the levy regulations to recover the agency's costs incurred to date. Funding for small-consumer advocacy is being provided from Budget 2020; it's not being funded through consumer bills. 