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Great new NSW electricity deals now available

Monday, August 15th, 2011

Following AGL’s launch of aggressive energy deals a couple of months ago backed by a high-profile NSW TV campaign, competitive activity has now taken another step-up in the New South Wales retail electricity market with Dodo Power and Gas entering into the fray last week. Dodo, a well known brand in the broadband and mobile markets, launched a range of electricity offers in Victoria late last year and is now building up its presence in other states.

Dodo Power & Gas has entered the NSW market aggressively with base rates below the current regulated tariffs combined with a market-leading pay-on-time discount. Dodo is offering the following two electricity plans at launch:

  • No term contract with 5 per cent pay-on-time discount on your usage; and
  • 12 month contract with 10 per cent pay-on-time discount on your usage.

Bottom line is that if you are willing to commit for 12 months you can double your discount.

Over the past few weeks both Red Energy and Australian Power and Gas have launched competitive new NSW electricity offers. Red Energy has enhanced its Energy Bonus Saver offer – a 2 year contract with 5 per cent pay-on-time discount – with the addition of a $75 sign-up bonus credited to your first bill. Australian Power & Gas recently launched a new product called Smart Saver 8, which is a 3 year contract that offers an 8 per cent pay-on-time-discount on your electricity usage charges.

To determine whether one of these offers might provide a better deal on your power bills please be sure to perform an energy comparison on our main site and see how much you might save if you switch power  suppliers.

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Red Energy ups the ante in NSW with a 7% electricity discount

Tuesday, March 15th, 2011

Following the recent sale of the three NSW-Government-owned electricity retailers to Origin Energy (which bought Integral Energy and Country Energy) and TRUenergy (which bought Energy Australia), competition for NSW customers is finally starting to heat up.

Red Energy, the Snowy Hydro-owned electricity retailer which launched into NSW in June last year, has introduced a new electricity deal with higher discounts to encourage NSW consumers to switch.

Red Energy’s new electricity plan is called Living Energy Saver – it offers a 7 per cent pay-on-time discount on electricity usage and supply/service charges. This would represent a saving of approximately $105 per year on a typical $1500 annual household electricity bill. Living Energy Saver is available only on a 2 year contract.

After years of inactivity we expect to see competition in the NSW market really heat up this year so stay tuned for more news on great offers.

Go to the Switchwise homepage to start a comparison to see how Red Energy’s new Living Energy Saver compares to your current power company.

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Electricity Providers Awards for Customer Satisfaction

Tuesday, September 7th, 2010

Canstar Blue, a new offshoot of ratings company CANSTAR CANNEX, has announced its inaugural awards for Most Satisfied Customers, Electricity Providers.  Whilst the customer satisfaction awards are to be welcomed unfortunately ratings have only been collated for the 3-5 largest electricity suppliers in the four most populous states. With over 20 energy suppliers operating in Australia we look forward to the prospect of Canstar Blue providing a more comprehensive survey next year.

The award winners in each state were:

As Country Energy and Integral Energy are on the block as part of the NSW Government’s electricity privatisation programme – with good odds they will end up in the clutches of Origin Energy and AGL – it will be interesting to see which companies will take honours in Queensland and NSW next year.

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