Electricity and Gas Suppliers Compared in QLD

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Compare & Connect has partnered with some of Australia’s leading electricity providers so you are able to compare electricity rates that are available in QLD in one convenient place. We pride ourselves on being one of Australia's leading platforms , based on number of services processed, for utility and energy comparison and connection.

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  Our business began in Australia and continues to be based here, providing expert knowledge to help consumers in Qld save on electricity rates .
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List of our active electricity providers in Qld

Our vision is to have a broad range of energy providers under the one roof, to provide our customers a wide range of options to choose from . At this moment we have established relationships with following providers in Qld : Please note that some of our energy providers are available via our website interface and some are available by giving us a call.

We're constantly working towards adding more providers to this list. We are extremely proud of these partnerships.

Electricity Market Deregulation and Competition in Qld

The electricity market in Australia's Eastern and Southern states has been undergoing a gradual process of deregulation which began in the late 1990s. The first stage involved establishing a national electricity network {{citymarketintro4}} in one state to be sold to customers in a different state.

The next stage, which occurred earlier in some states than others, was the splitting up of the state owned monopolies into multiple competing entities and then privatising them. In an attempt to promote a greater level of competition the energy market was split into two levels

• Energy Distributors
  The distributors are responsible for the actual delivery of electricity to customers' premises . They own and manage the powerlines and poles, and do not deal with customers.
• Energy Retailers The electricity retailers are the ones who sell the electricity to the customers and manage the billing. Every state has from one to three distributors but up to 30 retailers.

The market in South East Queensland was fully deregulated on 1 July 2016. This allowed consumers to change to a provider that offered the cheapest electricity prices.

There are only two distributors supplying electricity to Queensland

• Energex
  Energex distributes electricity in an area covering about 25,000 square kilometres in South East Queensland, that stretches from the NSW border in the south to Gympie in the north. Including the major population areas of Brisbane, the Gold and Sunshine Coasts, Ipswich, Redlands, Logan and Moreton Bay.
• Ergon Energy
  The Ergon Energy network services rural and coastal areas of Queensland as well as remote communities in outback Queensland and the Torres Strait.

Tips for using less electricity to save money

Here are a few easy to implement tips for reducing household expenditure on electricity

• A cheap alternative to an electric blanket is a hot water bottle.
• Turn off all appliances at the power point when you're not using them.
• Rather than turn on the heater, put on warmer clothing (warm socks, booties, beanie, jumper).
• Eliminate draughts. Stop cold air or hot air getting in or getting out through gaps under doors or around windows through the use of gap seal tape and door snakes.
• Minimise usage of your clothes dryer. Instead, hang clothes to dry outside or use an indoor clothes rack.
• Minimise lighting by using natural light where possible.
• Reduce the use of air conditioning by opening the windows at night-time to let the house cool down, and shutting them in the morning thus keeping the hot air out.
• Close doors to areas of the house that you aren't using, so you only heat or cool a smaller space.
• Prevent the sun from over-heating your home by closing curtains and blinds in the rooms into which the hot sun directly shines in.

FAQ about switching electricity providers

This section contains questions and answers about what happens after you've completed the comparison process and decided you want to switch electricity providers.