Electricity and Gas Suppliers Compared in QLD

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Compare & Connect has partnered with some of Australia’s leading electricity providers so you are able to compare electricity prices that are available in QLD in one convenient place. We are proud to be one of Australia's leading platforms , based on number of services processed, for utility and energy comparison and connection.

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  Our business began in Australia and we continue to be based here, providing expert advice to help consumers in Qld save on electricity prices .
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  Our team of experts knows the Queensland energy market back to front. So, you can rest assured that you've come to the right place to find the energy plans and prices suited for your household’s needs.
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List of our active electricity providers in Qld

Our vision is to have a broad range of energy providers under a single roof, so that our customers have a wide range of options to choose from . To date we've established relationships with following providers in Qld : Please note available by giving us a phone call.

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

Electricity Market Deregulation and Competition in Qld

The Australian electricity market has been undergoing a gradual deregulation process which began in the late 1990s. The first step was the establishing of a national electricity network {{citymarketintro4}} in one state to be delivered to customers in different states.

The next step, which happened earlier in some states, was the dividing up of state owned monopolies into competing entities and then privatising them. In an attempt to produce greater competition the market was divided into two types of entities

• Energy Distributors
  Distributors look after the delivery of electricity to customers' premises . They own and maintain the powerlines and poles, and don't engage directly with customers.
• Energy Retailers The retailers do all the interacting with the customer. They sell the electricity and are responsible for billing. Each state has between one and three distributors, and up to 30 retailers.

On 1 July 2016 , the electricity market in South East Queensland was fully deregulated. This meant that, for the first time, customers could change to another provider that had the cheapest electricity prices.

Two distributors supply electricity to Queensland

• Energex
  Energex supplies electricity to an area covering about 25,000 square kilometres in South East Queensland, which stretches from the NSW border to Gympie in the north. This covers the major population areas of Brisbane, Logan, Ipswich, the Gold and Sunshine Coasts, Redlands and Moreton Bay.
• Ergon Energy
  Ergon Energy distributes electricity to coastal and rural areas of Queensland as well as the remote communities of outback Queensland and the Torres Strait.

Tips to reduce your electricity consumption to save on your bills

Here is a list of easy to implement ways for reducing your expenditure on electricity

• Put on warmer clothing, instead of turning on the heater (booties, jumper, warm socks, beanie).
• A cheap alternative to an electric blanket is a hot water bottle.
• Turn appliances off at the power point when they're not in use.
• Minimise draughts. Stop hot or cold air entering or escaping through the gaps under doors or around your windows by using door snakes and gap seal tape.
• Don't use your clothes dryer as often. Instead, hang the clothes to dry outside or alternatively, use an indoor clothing rack.
• Prevent the hot sun over-heating your house by closing blinds and curtains in the rooms that are exposed to the heat of direct sunlight.
• Minimise air conditioning use by opening windows at night to let the cooler air in, then closing them each morning thus keeping the hot air out.
• Use less lighting through the use of as much natural light as possible and replace older lighting with LED lights.
• Close doors of rooms that aren't in use, so that you only heat or cool a smaller area.

FAQ about switching electricity providers

Here are some questions and answers about what happens once you have completed the comparison process and you have made the decision that want to switch electricity providers.