Electricity and Gas Suppliers Compared in NSW

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

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List of our active energy providers in NSW

Our vision is to have all energy providers in one place, so our customers have many options to choose from. We currently have successfully established relationships with these providers in NSW : Please note available by calling us.

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

Electricity Market Competition in NSW

Australia's electricity market has been gradually deregulating since the late 1990s. The first step of deregulation was the establishing of a national electricity network {{citymarketintro4}} in one state to be delivered to a different state.

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

• Energy Distributors
  Distributors manage the physical delivery of electricity to the customers' premises. 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 one and three distributors, and up to 30 retailers.

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

Electricity in NSW is provided by the following distributors

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

Tips for reducing your energy usage to save on your bills

Here are a few easily implemented ways for reducing how much you spend on energy

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

FAQ about switching energy providers

This section contains frequently asked questions and answers about what happens once you've finished the comparison process and you have made the decision that you'd like to change energy providers.