Electricity and Gas Suppliers Compared in NSW

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

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  Even though we have corporate relationships with many of Australia's top electricity providers and are owned by Origin Energy Limited, we are impartial when presenting you with information .
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  Our quality comparison and connection service is free to use! No catch. We don't mark up the prices on any plans we offer. Instead, we receive a commission from our electricity partners, at no extra cost to you. While our service is provided to you without charge, you may be subject to charges in relation to your current service, including exit fees. You should check this with your current supplier(s).
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  Our business began in Australia and we continue to be based here, providing expert advice to help consumers in NSW save on electricity bills.
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List of our active electricity providers in NSW

Our vision is to have all energy providers under one roof, to give our customers many options to choose from . So far, we have established relationships with following providers in NSW : Please note that some of our energy providers are available via our website interface and some are available through our call centre comparison service.

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

Electricity Market Deregulation and Competition in NSW

The Australian electricity market has been undergoing a process of deregulation which began in the late 1990s. The first stage of deregulation involved establishing a national electricity network {{citymarketintro4}} in one state to be sold in a different state.

Another stage, which occurred sooner in some states, was the dividing up of the state owned electricity monopolies into multiple competing entities and then privatising them. In an attempt to produce a greater amount of competition the energy market was divided into two levels

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

On 1 July 2014 , the NSW market was fully deregulated. This enabled consumers to change to a provider that had cheaper electricity prices.

Electricity in NSW is supplied by three distributors

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

Tips to reduce your electricity consumption and lower your bills

Here are some easily implemented tips for reducing how much electricity you use

• Minimise draughts. Prevent cold air or hot air entering or escaping via gaps under doors and around windows through the use of door snakes and gap seal tape.
• Use your clothes dryer less often. Instead, dry the clothes outside or alternatively, use an indoor clothing rack.
• A cheap alternative to an electric blanket is a hot water bottle.
• Dress for cold weather, instead of turning on the heater (jumper, booties, warm socks, beanie).
• Turn your appliances off at the power point when they're not in use.
• Stop the sun over-heating your house by closing the curtains and blinds in the rooms into which the hot sun directly shines in.
• Close doors to areas of your home that you aren't using, so you just heat or cool a smaller area.
• Reduce the use of lights by using natural light where possible.
• Minimise air conditioning usage by opening windows at night to allow the cooler air in, then shutting them in the morning thus keeping the hot air out.

FAQ about switching electricity providers

Here are some answers to questions about what happens after you've completed the comparison process and you have made the decision that you'd like to switch electricity providers.