Electricity and Gas Providers Compared in Victoria

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List of our active electricity providers in Victoria

Our vision is to bring all energy providers under the one roof, so our customers have many options to choose from . At this moment we have successfully established relationships with these providers in Victoria : Please note available by using our call centre comparison service.

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Electricity Market Deregulation and Competition in Victoria

Australia's electricity market has been undergoing a process of deregulation which began in the late 1990s. The first stage of deregulation was to establish a national grid {{citymarketintro4}} in one state to be sold in a different state.

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

• Energy Distributors
  Distributors are responsible for the physical delivery of electricity to the customers' premises . They own and manage the poles and powerlines, but do not deal directly with customers.
• Energy Retailers Retailers have all the interactions with the customer. They sell the electricity and are responsible for billing. The states have between one and three distributors but up to thirty retailers.

On 1 July 2008 , the Victoria market was completely deregulated. This meant that consumers could now switch to whichever provider had cheaper prices.

Electricity in Victoria is provided by the following five distributors

• Citipower
  Citipower supplies electricity throughout Melbourne City and it's inner suburbs.
• Jemena
  Jemena distributes electricity to the south-western and northern suburbs of Melbourne.
• Powercor Australia
  Powercor provides electricity in the western Victoria and western suburbs of Melbourne.
• Ausnet Services
  AusNet Services distributes electricity to the outer northern & eastern suburbs of Melbourne and eastern Victoria.
• United Energy Distribution
  United Energy supplies electricity in the Mornington Peninsula and the southern suburbs of Melbourne.

Tips to lower your electricity consumption to save on your bills

Here are a few easy to implement ways to reduce household expenditure on electricity

• Avoid use of your clothes dryer. Dry the clothes outside or alternatively, use an indoor clothing rack.
• Turn all appliances off at the power socket when they're not in use.
• A cheap alternative to an electric blanket is a hot water bottle.
• Rather than turn on the heater, dress for the weather (jumper, booties, beanie, warm socks).
• Eliminate draughts. Prevent cold air or hot air blowing in or leaving through gaps under doors or around your windows through the use of door snakes and gap seal tape.
• Close doors to areas of your home that you don't use, so that you only have to heat or cool a smaller area.
• Minimise the use of air conditioning by opening the windows at night to allow the cool air in, and shutting them each morning to keep the hot air out.
• Reduce the use of lights. Use natural light more often.
• Prevent the sun over-heating rooms by closing the curtains and blinds in the rooms where the sun shines in.

FAQ about switching electricity providers

This section contains questions and answers about what happens once you've completed the comparison process and have chosen to change electricity providers.