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 prices that are available in NSW 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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List of our active energy providers in NSW

Our vision is to have all energy providers under the one roof, to give our customers many options to choose from . We currently have established relationships with following providers in NSW : Please note available through our call centre comparison service.

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

Electricity Market Competition in NSW

The Australian electricity market has been undergoing a deregulation since the late 1990s. The first step was to establish a national electricity network {{citymarketintro4}} in one state to be delivered to customers in other states.

Another stage, which happened earlier in some states than others, was the breaking up of state owned monopolies into several competing entities and then privatising them. In an attempt to produce better competition the market was separated into two levels

• Energy Distributors
  The distributors look after the physical delivery of electricity to the customers' premises , and they own and maintain the powerlines and poles, and don't engage directly with customers.
• Energy Retailers Retailers are the ones who sell electricity to customers and are responsible for billing. Each state has between 1 and 3 distributors and up to 30 retailers.

On 1 July 2014 , NSW 's electricity market was fully deregulated. This meant that customers could change to the provider who had cheaper electricity prices.

Electricity in NSW is provided by the following distributors

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

Tips for reducing energy usage and lower your bills

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

• Eliminate draughts. Minimise hot or cold air entering or escaping through gaps under doors and around windows by using door snakes and gap seal tape.
• Wear clothing that is appropriate for the weather, instead of turning on the heater (beanie, jumper, warm socks, booties).
• A cheap alternative to an electric blanket is a hot water bottle.
• Turn off appliances at the power socket when they're not in use.
• Use your clothes dryer less frequently. Instead, dry clothes outside or alternatively, use an indoor clothing rack.
• Prevent the hot sun from over-heating rooms by closing blinds and curtains in rooms that the hot sun shines directly into.
• Use less lighting by making use of the available natural light.
• Close doors to areas of the house that aren't in use, so that you only cool or heat a smaller area.
• Minimise air conditioning usage by opening the windows at night-time to allow the cooler air in, and then closing them in the morning thus keeping hot air out.

FAQ about switching energy providers

This section contains frequently asked questions and answers about what happens once you have completed the comparison process and you have chosen to switch energy providers.