Electricity and Gas Providers Compared in NSW

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Compare & Connect partners with some of Australia’s leading electricity providers so you can compare electricity deals that are available in NSW in one convenient place. We're proud of being one of Australia's premier platforms for for utility and energy comparison and connection.

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List of our active electricity providers in NSW

Our vision is to have all energy providers in one place, so our customers have many options to choose from. So far, we have successfully established relationships with following providers in NSW : Please note that some energy providers are available via our website interface and some are available by giving us a phone call.

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

Electricity Market Deregulation and Competition in NSW

Australia's electricity market has been gradually deregulating which began in the late 1990s. The first step of deregulation was to establish a national electricity network {{citymarketintro4}} in one state to be delivered in other states.

Another stage, which occurred sooner in some states, was the breaking up of state owned electricity monopolies into several competing entities and then privatising them. In an attempt to stimulate more competition the market was split into two types of entities

• Energy Distributors
  Distributors manage the physical delivery of electricity to the customers' premises, and they own and maintain the poles and powerlines, and don't engage directly with customers.
• Energy Retailers Retailers have all the interactions with the customer. They sell the electricity and manage the billing.States have between 1 and 3 distributors and up to 30 retailers.

On 1 July 2014 , NSW 's energy market was completely deregulated. This meant that customers could now change to another provider who had cheaper prices.

Electricity in NSW is supplied by three distributors

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

Tips for using less electricity and lower your bills

Here are some easy to implement ways for reducing how much electricity you use

• Eliminate draughts. Minimise cold air or hot air blowing in or leaving via gaps under doors or around your windows by using gap seal tape and door snakes.
• A cheap alternative to an electric blanket is a hot water bottle.
• Use the clothes dryer less often. Dry clothes outside or instead, use an indoor clothing rack.
• Wear warmer clothing, instead of turning on the heater (beanie, booties, jumper, warm socks).
• Turn your appliances off at the power socket when they're not in use.
• Close doors to rooms that aren't in use, so you only have to heat or cool a smaller area.
• Reduce your use of lights by making use of the available natural light. Turn the lights off when you leave the room.
• Stop the sun over-heating rooms by closing the blinds and curtains in rooms that the hot sun shines directly into.
• Minimise air conditioning use by opening the windows in the evening allow the cooler air in, and closing them each morning thus keeping the hot air out.

FAQ about switching electricity providers

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