Gas and Electricity Suppliers Compared in NSW

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List of our active gas and electricity providers in NSW

Our vision is to have all energy providers under one roof, to give our customers a wide range of options to choose from . So far, we have established relationships with these providers in NSW : Please note available by giving us a call.

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

Electricity Market Competition in NSW

The electricity market in Australia's Eastern and Southern states has been gradually deregulating since the late 1990s. The first step of deregulation involved establishing a national electricity network {{citymarketintro4}} in one state to be delivered to a different state.

The next stage, which occurred earlier in some states, was the splitting up of state owned electricity monopolies into multiple competing entities and then privatising them. In an attempt to promote more competition the market was divided into two levels

• Energy Distributors
  Distributors are responsible for the actual delivery of electricity to customers' premises . They own and maintain the poles and powerlines, and do not deal with customers.
• Energy Retailers The electricity retailers have all the interactions with the customer. They sell the electricity and are responsible for billing. States have from one to three distributors but up to 30 retailers.

NSW 's energy market was fully deregulated on 1 July 2014 . This enabled customers to change to another provider that offered the cheapest electricity prices.

Electricity in NSW is supplied by three distributors

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

Tips for reducing electricity consumption and lower your bills

Here is a list of easy to implement tips for reducing how much electricity you use

• Reduce draughts. Minimise cold air or hot air getting in or getting out through the gaps under doors or around windows by using gap seal tape and door snakes.
• Dress for the weather, instead of turning on the heater (warm socks, beanie, booties, jumper).
• Use your clothes dryer less. Hang your clothes to dry outside or use an indoor clothes rack.
• A cheap alternative to an electric blanket is a hot water bottle.
• Turn all appliances off at the power point when you're not using them.
• Reduce your use of lights by using natural light where possible. Turn lights off when there's no on in the room.
• Close the doors to areas of your home that you aren't using, so you only cool or heat a smaller space.
• Reduce the use of air conditioning by opening your windows in the evening allow the house cool down, then closing them in the morning thus keeping hot air out.
• Prevent the sun over-heating your home by closing the blinds and curtains in the rooms into which the hot sun directly shines in.

FAQ about switching gas and electricity providers

Here are some answers to questions about what happens after you have finished the comparison process and have made the decision you want to switch gas and electricity providers.