Gas and Electricity Suppliers Compared in Brisbane

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List of our active gas and electricity providers in Brisbane

Our vision is to make available all energy providers under the one roof, to provide our customers a wide range of options to choose from . We currently have established relationships with following providers in Brisbane : Please note that some of our energy providers are available via our website interface and some are available by calling us.

We are constantly working towards adding more providers to this prestigious list. We are very proud of our partnerships.

FAQ about switching gas and electricity providers

This section contains frequently asked questions and answers about what happens after you've completed the comparison process and decided you want to switch gas and electricity providers.

Electricity Market Competition in Brisbane

Since the late 1990s the electricity market in Australia's Eastern and Southern states has been undergoing a gradual process of deregulation. The first step was to establish an intra-state electricity network that enabled electricity that is produced in one state to be delivered to customers in a different state.

The next stage, which occurred earlier in some states than others, was the splitting up of state owned monopolies into several competing entities, then privatising them. In order to promote a greater level of competition the market was separated into two levels

The distributors are responsible for the actual delivery of electricity to customers' premises . They own and maintain the powerlines and poles, but do not deal directly with customers.

The electricity retailers are the ones who sell the electricity to the customers and manage the billing. Each state has between one and three distributors but up to thirty retailers.

The electricity market in Brisbane was fully deregulated in July 2016 . This meant that customers could switch to a provider that offered the cheapest electricity prices.

Electricity in Brisbane is supplied by one distributors

• Energex
  Energex distributes electricity in an area covering around 25,000 square kilometres in South East Queensland, that stretches from the border of NSW in the south to Gympie in the north. Including the major population areas of Brisbane, the Gold and Sunshine Coasts, Ipswich, Redlands, Logan and Moreton Bay.

Tips to lower electricity consumption and lower your bills

Here are a few easily implemented tips to reduce how much you spend on electricity

• A cheap alternative to an electric blanket is a hot water bottle.
• Instead of turning on the heater, wear warmer clothing (warm socks, booties, beanie, jumper).
• Avoid use of the clothes dryer. Instead, hang clothes to dry outside or use an indoor clothes rack.
• Turn off all appliances at the power point when you're not using them.
• Eliminate draughts. Stop cold air or hot air getting in or getting out through gaps under doors and around windows by using door snakes and gap seal tape.
• Use less lighting. Use natural light more often. Turn the lights off when you leave the room.
• Reduce air conditioning use by opening the windows at night-time to let the house cool down, and then closing them in the morning to keep the hot air out.
• Close the doors to areas of the house that you don't use, so you only heat or cool a smaller space.
• Prevent the sun from over-heating your home by closing blinds and curtains in the rooms where the sun shines in.