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infi
Brisbane, Queensland
18918 posts
Who has done research on the best deals for Queensland electricity retailers? I heard on the news that origin is slugging customers with increases in charges since its tarrifs have been frozen.
Have you changed electricity suppliers recently?
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BOOST
Brisbane, Queensland
488 posts
I used www.switchwise.com.au recently it was pretty good. Ended up going with Origin because it told me they were the cheapest and that's all the effort I could be bothered putting into it.
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FaceMan
Brisbane, Queensland
9048 posts
Many are just plans with a Honeymoon period.
After a period, up goes your rate for the rest of the contract.
and you wont be able to get a discount on 'access charges'
How much is the Green Religion influencing your Power Bill ?
oh around 29%
http://catallaxyfiles.com/files/2012/07/carbon-battle-1.jpg
and that doesnt include the slab of Taxes that are going to the Green God.
Want a cheaper Power Bill ?
ELECTION NOW !
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Denny
Brisbane, Queensland
3418 posts
Lol @ Faceman, shine on you crazy diamond
Getting cheaper Electricity requires two things
1) a contract, generally 24months
2) negotiation
I'm contracted to AGL at the moment and think I'm getting either 10 or 12% off the normal rate for my electricity and gas usage. I originally contracted with them at 5% off, last re-contract was 7% and this last one I got them up a bit more. Trick is to be willing to shop around and ask for a better rate. I've heard of up to 12-13% off but not much better.
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Tremble
Brisbane, Queensland
437 posts
I switched about 6 months ago, ended up going with Click Energy
All online, pay monthly, pretty good rates.
Have been happy with them.
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Gesthemene
Brisbane, Queensland
1279 posts
+1 for Click Energy. They've been awesome.
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BlueWolf
Brisbane, Queensland
36 posts
12% with AGL here. Had to make a phone call when I was moving, and asked them if they could beat their previous 10% I was contracted for.
Just gotta ask them. Going to try for 15% next, but that isn't for another 21 months.
Also got $10 off my Telstra bundle even though I am a long term customer and got $20 credit on getting the new modem for ultimate cable.
Careful with Telstra though, get a recording if you can, sometimes their sales will say anything and then when the bill arrives it disagrees. Personally never had the problem, but there are many that have.
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Sc00bs
Brisbane, Queensland
8888 posts
greeeeat just got a 950$ power bill :'(
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Some Fat Bastard
Brisbane, Queensland
1149 posts
greeeeat just got a 950$ power bill :'( That's nothing, try having three teenagers in a household of five and tell me about electricity bills. Guess what, though I don't blame the CT for any of it, I blame my frigging kids.
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Scooter
Brisbane, Queensland
5958 posts
switchwise tells me DODO is the cheapest for my situation... but I know their internet is 'cheap' for a reason... anyone know anyone with them for power?
Currently with Origin, Last bill was $80 cheaper than normal, mostly due to the fact that 1/4 house mates was out of town for ~1 month of the quarter... Last bill is also roughly ~9% cheaper then current Click Energy charges (according to their site) but as you all know they're going up...
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Shaexen
Brisbane, Queensland
485 posts
Why in a country cunt packed with natural resources do we get continually and brutally sodomized with utility costs?
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infi
Brisbane, Queensland
18929 posts
because we tolerate it. we tolerate a carbon tax, we tolerate massively overstaffed water bureaucracies and publicly owned power generators.
how else did you figure it would end?
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fukles
Brisbane, Queensland
6050 posts
Careful with Telstra though, get a recording if you can, sometimes their sales will say anything and then when the bill arrives it disagrees. Personally never had the problem, but there are many that have. I'm going through that right now. Trying to get an Australian because Indians don't understand the English language.
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crazymorton
Brisbane, Queensland
3175 posts
switchwise tells me DODO is the cheapest for my situation... but I know their internet is 'cheap' for a reason... anyone know anyone with them for power?
i can't imagine it would make any difference, they are just billers, Ergon or Energex maintain the lines etc
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Scooter
Brisbane, Queensland
5959 posts
Yeah, NSW privatising their power companies worked out great for them... not.
Also, we welcomed back some of All Connex to Logan Water this week. Still operating as All COnnex for the time being though, till stuff gets sorted. As a private company it costed the rate payers a lot more then it did when it was fully part of Logan Council.
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reso
I can't read
Brisbane, Queensland
5346 posts
I still haven't got my water bill yet, Scooter. Can you look in to it tomorrow for me? Thanks in advance.
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Tanaka Khan
Brisbane, Queensland
5272 posts
Switched to AGL here for 15% off
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orbitor
Brisbane, Queensland
8880 posts
Least you guys have a choice. Outside of Brisbane you get to choose between Ergon and Ergon. No discounts apply.
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infi
Brisbane, Queensland
18930 posts
I did the search through switchwise and looks like Dodo will get the gong.
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BlueWolf
Brisbane, Queensland
37 posts
fukles you can ask to be transferred to the Australian call centers, and if they refuse you can get them in trouble.
Go on whirlpool and on there somewhere is the times that the AU call centers are operating, or just ask them when you call. The Australians know what they are doing but the overseas people are a joke. At least with Telstra you get a choice, I will never use TPG again... They were fine when it worked, but trying to get a issue fixed was a hole in the head.
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HERMITech
Brisbane, Queensland
7914 posts
Just signed a 12 month rental agreement on a house with solar panels.
WIN!
(Good bye $700+ electricity bills)
/I hope
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allconnex was never a private company, it was a GOC iirc. they changed the structure not the ownership (by that I mean they amalgamated the assets and liabilities of the 3 entities and corporatised them, not privatised). allconnex was a failure for completely different reasons.
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FaceMan
Brisbane, Queensland
9063 posts
ABC radio claims 6000 ppl per day have been joining the Solar deal since the cut-off was announced.
They are making the 44c rebate unsustainable.
Somethin's gotta give.
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Scooter
Brisbane, Queensland
5960 posts
Maybe that was the plan, create a demand to greatly increase the number of Solar Pannels. Newman, Environmentalist at heart.
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skythra
Brisbane, Queensland
5734 posts
ABC radio claims 6000 ppl per day have been joining the Solar deal since the cut-off was announced. They are making the 44c rebate unsustainable.
Somethin's gotta give. Unsustainable for who?
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crazymorton
Brisbane, Queensland
3176 posts
i like the look of that click energy.
currently with Origin and we got their letter recently which i promptly filed in the bin without even really reading it.
never really worried to much about this sort of stuff, it's just me, the wife and the cats and financially we've never needed to be concerned. still aren't but the amount of publicity and reading this thread sparked my interest.
might investigate further tomorrow. thanks for the info.
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iTOM
Brisbane, Queensland
1281 posts
i've just done a comparison because i'm pretty anal with this shit. i hate paying more than i need to. click energy is about 7% better than anyone else, per kW
the prices for origin agl etc are displayed after ontime discounts, howver click energy show the kW price before discounts.
go with click, they are great
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FaceMan
Brisbane, Queensland
9064 posts
Unsustainable for who?
People down on Struggle Street are funding that 44c/Kw
Upward pressure on power bills
I consider ppl plundering the Solar Rebate to be nothing more than freeloading off Lower Income people. The rebate should have been only for systems smaller than 2kw, which might just happen.
Electricity Companies are going to come after that money.
Just watch those access charges climb.
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FaceMan
Brisbane, Queensland
9108 posts
THE rush on solar power that led more than 100,000 Queenslanders to sign up for rooftop panels could end up costing households extra on their electricity bills.
Charges are added to every electricity bill to fund incentives for people with solar power.
The State Government had estimated the feed-in tariff would add $75 to power bills in the southeast this year, but that is now predicted to blow out, rising to as high as $100 as a result of a spike in applications last week before the feed-in tariff for solar being slashed.
http://www.couriermail.com.au/money/money-matters/rush-for-solar-power-brings-shock-cost/story-fn3hskur-1226426162733
thats going to have to be reduced, be careful.
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