Electricity and Gas Providers Compared in NSW

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List of our active energy providers in NSW

Our vision is to have all energy providers in one place, so our customers have many options to choose from. At this moment we have established relationships with these providers in NSW : Please note available by calling us.

We're constantly striving to add more and more providers to this prestigious list. We are extremely proud of these partnerships.

Electricity Market Competition in NSW

Australia's electricity market has been gradually deregulating since the late 1990s. The first stage of deregulation involved establishing a national grid {{citymarketintro4}} in one state to be sold in another state.

Another stage, which occurred sooner in some states, was the breaking up of the state owned electricity monopolies into multiple competing entities, then privatising them. In an attempt to stimulate more competition the energy market was divided into two levels

• Energy Distributors
  Distributors manage the physical delivery of electricity to the customers' premises, and they own and manage the poles and powerlines, but do not deal directly with customers.
• Energy Retailers Retailers have all the interactions with the customer. They sell the electricity and manage the billing.The states have between 1 and 3 distributors but up to thirty retailers.

On 1 July 2014 , NSW 's energy market was completely deregulated. This enabled consumers to switch to another provider who had cheaper prices.

Electricity in NSW is supplied by the following distributors

• Ausgrid
  Ausgrid supplies energy throughout northern, eastern and inner metropolitan Sydney and north to Newcastle and the Hunter region.
• Essential Energy
  Essential Energy supplies electricity regional and country NSW, and also throughout southern regional QLD.
• Endeavour Energy
  Endeavour Energy provides 2.4 million people with electricity in homes and businesses across the Blue Mountains, Sydney's Greater West and the Southern Highlands.

Lower your power bills with these energy -saving tips

Here are some easily implemented tips to reduce household expenditure on energy

• A cheap alternative to an electric blanket is a hot water bottle.
• Minimise usage of the clothes dryer. Dry clothes outside or instead, use an indoor clothing rack.
• Instead of turning on the heater, wear clothing that's appropriate for cold weather (beanie, booties, jumper, warm socks).
• Turn your appliances off at the power socket when they're not in use.
• Eliminate draughts. Minimise cold air or hot air blowing in or leaving via gaps under doors and around windows through the use of door snakes and gap seal tape.
• Close doors of rooms that you don't use, so you only have to heat or cool a smaller area.
• Reduce the use of lights. Rely on natural light if possible.
• Stop the sun over-heating rooms by closing the curtains and blinds in rooms where the sun shines in.
• Reduce air conditioning use by opening the windows in the evening allow the cooler air in, then shutting them in the morning to keep hot air out.

FAQ about switching energy providers

This section contains questions and answers about what happens after you have finished the comparison process and you have made the decision that you'd like to change energy providers.