Electricity and Gas Suppliers Compared in SA

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Compare & Connect partners with some of Australia’s leading electricity and gas providers so that you are able to compare electricity and gas plans that are available in SA in one convenient place. We're proud of being one of Australia's premier platforms, based on number of services processed, for utility and energy comparison and connection.

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  Our team of experts knows the South Australian 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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  Our business began in Australia and continues to be based here, providing expert knowledge to help consumers in SA save on their electricity and gas bills.
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  Even though we have corporate relationships with many of Australia's top electricity and gas providers and are owned by Origin Energy Limited, we are impartial when presenting you with information .
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List of our active electricity and gas providers in SA

Our vision is to have the full range of energy providers in the one place, to provide our customers a wide range of options to choose from . To date we've successfully established relationships with following providers in SA : Please note that some energy providers are available via our website interface and some are available by phoning us.

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

Electricity Market Competition in SA

The electricity market in Australia's Eastern and Southern states has been undergoing a deregulation since the late 1990s. The first step of deregulation involved establishing a national electricity network {{citymarketintro4}} in one state to be delivered to a different state.

The next stage, which happened earlier in some states, was the splitting up of state owned electricity monopolies into multiple competing entities and then privatising them. In an attempt to promote better competition the market was divided into two levels

• Energy Distributors
  Distributors look after the actual delivery of electricity to customers' premises . They own and maintain the poles and powerlines, and do not deal with customers.
• Energy Retailers The electricity retailers do all the interacting with the customer. They sell the electricity and are responsible for billing. States have from one to three distributors but up to 30 retailers.

South Australia 's electricity market was fully deregulated on 1 July 2013 . This enabled customers to change to whichever provider offered the cheapest electricity prices.

South Australia only has one main electricity distributor

• SA Power Networks
  SA Power Networks distributes electricity throughout South Australia
• Note, some remote areas of SA are supplied by companies other than SA Power Networks.

Tips for reducing electricity consumption and lower your bills

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

• Turn appliances off at the power point when you're not using them.
• Dress for the weather, instead of turning on the heater (warm socks, beanie, jumper, booties).
• A cheap alternative to an electric blanket is a hot water bottle.
• Reduce draughts. Minimise hot or cold air getting in or getting out through the gaps under doors or around windows by using gap seal tape and door snakes.
• Use your clothes dryer less. Instead, dry clothes outside or use an indoor clothes rack.
• Reduce your use of lights by using natural light where possible. Turn lights off when there's no on in the room.
• Close the doors to areas of your home that you aren't using, so that you only cool or heat a smaller space.
• Prevent the hot sun over-heating your home by closing the blinds and curtains in the rooms into which the hot sun directly shines in.
• Use less air conditioning by opening the windows during the night to allow the house cool down, then closing them in the morning thus keeping hot air out.

FAQ about switching electricity and gas providers

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