Electricity and Gas Suppliers Compared in QLD

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Compare & Connect has partnered with some of Australia’s leading electricity and gas providers so you are able to compare electricity and gas plans that are available in QLD in one convenient place. We are proud to be 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 we continue to be based here, providing expert advice to help consumers in Qld save on their electricity and gas bills.
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List of our active electricity and gas providers in Qld

Our vision is to have a broad range of energy providers under a single roof, to provide our customers a wide range of options to choose from . To date we have established relationships with following providers in Qld : Please note available by using our call centre comparison service.

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

Electricity Market Competition in Qld

The electricity market in Australia's Eastern and Southern states has been undergoing a deregulation process since 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 sooner 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 a greater degree of competition the market was split into two levels

• Energy Distributors
  The distributors have the responsibility for 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 sell the electricity to the customers and are responsible for billing. Each state has between 1 and 3 distributors but up to thirty retailers.

The South East Queensland electricity market was fully deregulated on 1 July 2016. This allowed customers to switch to the provider who offered the cheapest electricity prices.

Electricity in Queensland is supplied by two distributors

• Energex
  Energex distributes electricity to homes and businesses in an area covering around 25,000 square kilometres in South East Queensland, stretching from the NSW border in the south to Gympie in the north. This covers the major population areas of Brisbane, the Gold and Sunshine Coasts, Ipswich, Redlands, Logan and Moreton Bay.
• Ergon Energy
  Ergon Energy services Queensland including coastal and rural areas and remote communities in outback Queensland and the Torres Strait.

Save money with these electricity -saving tips

Here are some easy to implement tips to reduce your electricity consumption

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

FAQ about switching electricity and gas providers

Here are some frequently asked questions and answers about what happens once you have completed the comparison process and have decided to switch electricity and gas providers.