Out of more than 27,000 respondents to the online survey, 60 per cent oppose Premier Mike Baird's plan to lease the electricity transmission network to the private sector, compared to 31 per cent who support it.
The results are divided along party lines.
Labor voters are most opposed to the plan (84 per cent) followed by Greens voters (76 per cent).
A quarter of Liberal voters do not support it and close to a third would prefer the Government raise taxes to pay for infrastructure.
ABC election analyst Antony Green said it was a "significant minority".
"The task for the Government in the election campaign is to solidify those people, to make sure they don't wander away and vote for someone else on that issue," he said.
Opposition highest in regional areas
Mr Baird plans to lease half of the state's electricity assets to the private sector for 99 years.
That includes 100 per cent of Transgrid, which operates high voltage transmission lines across NSW, and about 50 per cent of Ausgrid and Endeavour Energy, which together provide power in Sydney and Sydney's Greater West, Central Coast, Hunter Region and Newcastle, Blue Mountains, Southern Highlands and the Illawarra.
The major rural and regional distributor, Essential Energy, is excluded from the plan but opposition in country areas is among the highest in the state (60 per cent).
ABC Pollster Anthony Green said there was a perception there that power bills could rise.
"All country people are aware there are certain things that cost more in the bush. If you raise privatisation of the electricity network you get that concern; is it going to cost more?" he said.
The results are divided along party lines.
Labor voters are most opposed to the plan (84 per cent) followed by Greens voters (76 per cent).
A quarter of Liberal voters do not support it and close to a third would prefer the Government raise taxes to pay for infrastructure.
ABC election analyst Antony Green said it was a "significant minority".
"The task for the Government in the election campaign is to solidify those people, to make sure they don't wander away and vote for someone else on that issue," he said.
Opposition highest in regional areas
Mr Baird plans to lease half of the state's electricity assets to the private sector for 99 years.
That includes 100 per cent of Transgrid, which operates high voltage transmission lines across NSW, and about 50 per cent of Ausgrid and Endeavour Energy, which together provide power in Sydney and Sydney's Greater West, Central Coast, Hunter Region and Newcastle, Blue Mountains, Southern Highlands and the Illawarra.
The major rural and regional distributor, Essential Energy, is excluded from the plan but opposition in country areas is among the highest in the state (60 per cent).
ABC Pollster Anthony Green said there was a perception there that power bills could rise.
"All country people are aware there are certain things that cost more in the bush. If you raise privatisation of the electricity network you get that concern; is it going to cost more?" he said.
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