Electricity and Gas Providers Compared in NSW

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Compare & Connect partners with some of Australia’s leading electricity providers so you can compare electricity deals that are available in NSW in one convenient place. We're proud of being one of Australia's premier platforms, based on number of services processed, for utility and energy comparison and connection.

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List of our active electricity providers in NSW

Our vision is to have all energy providers under one roof, to provide our customers a wide range of options to choose from . So far, we have successfully established relationships with following providers in NSW : Please note that some energy providers are available via our website interface and some are available by calling us.

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

Electricity Market Deregulation and Competition in NSW

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

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

• Energy Distributors
  The distributors look after the actual delivery of electricity to customers' premises , and they own and maintain the powerlines and poles, but do not deal directly with customers.
• Energy Retailers The electricity retailers are the ones who sell electricity to customers and are responsible for billing. Each state has between 1 and 3 distributors but up to thirty retailers.

The electricity market in NSW was fully deregulated on 1 July 2014 . This allowed customers to switch to a provider who offered the cheapest electricity prices.

Electricity in NSW is supplied by three distributors

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

Save money with these electricity -saving tips

Here are some easy to implement tips to reduce how much electricity you use

• Minimise draughts. Stop hot or cold air getting in or getting out via gaps under doors or around windows by using door snakes and gap seal tape.
• Turn off appliances at the power point when you're not using them.
• Instead of turning on the heater, dress for the weather (warm socks, booties, jumper, beanie).
• Reduce use of the clothes dryer. Instead, hang your clothes to dry outside or use an indoor clothes rack.
• A cheap alternative to an electric blanket is a hot water bottle.
• Use less lighting. Rely on natural light if possible.
• Reduce air conditioning use by opening windows at night to let the house cool down, and closing them in the morning to keep the hot air out.
• Prevent the hot sun from over-heating your home by closing blinds and curtains in rooms that are exposed to the heat of direct sunlight.
• Close the doors to rooms that you don't use, so that you only heat or cool a smaller space.

FAQ about switching electricity providers

Here are some answers to questions about what happens after you have completed the comparison process and decided that you want to switch electricity providers.