Electricity and Gas Suppliers Compared in Victoria

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List of our active electricity providers in Victoria

Our vision is to bring all energy providers in the one place, to give our customers a wide range of options to choose from . At this moment we have established relationships with following providers in Victoria : Please note available by giving us a phone call.

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

Electricity Market Competition and Deregulation in Victoria

The electricity market in Australia has been undergoing a process of deregulation that began in the late 1990s. The first stage of deregulation involved establishing a national electricity network {{citymarketintro4}} in one state to be sold in a different state.

The next step, which occurred earlier in some states than others, was the dividing up of the state owned electricity monopolies into multiple competing entities and then privatising them. In an attempt to create a greater amount of competition the energy market was divided into two levels

• Energy Distributors
  The distributors are responsible for delivery of electricity to customers' premises . They own and manage the poles and powerlines, and do not deal with customers.
• Energy Retailers The retailers are the ones who sell the electricity to the customers and manage the billing. The states have from one to three distributors but up to 30 retailers.

The Victoria market was completely deregulated on 1 July 2008 . This enabled consumers to change to the provider who had the cheapest electricity prices.

Electricity in Victoria is supplied by the following five distributors

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

Tips to reduce your electricity consumption and lower your bills

Here are some easily implemented tips for reducing household expenditure on electricity

• Turn off all appliances at the power point when they're not in use.
• A cheap alternative to an electric blanket is a hot water bottle.
• Dress for cold weather, instead of turning on the heater (jumper, warm socks, booties, beanie).
• Use your clothes dryer less often. Dry the clothes outside or use an indoor clothes rack.
• Minimise draughts. Prevent cold air or hot air getting in or out via gaps under doors and around windows through the use of door snakes and gap seal tape.
• Minimise air conditioning use by opening windows at night to allow the cool air in, then shutting them in the morning thus keeping the hot air out.
• Close doors to areas of your home that you aren't using, so that you only have to heat or cool a smaller space.
• Reduce the use of lights by using natural light where possible.
• Prevent the sun from over-heating your house by closing the curtains and blinds in the rooms into which the hot sun directly shines in.

FAQ about switching electricity providers

This section contains questions and answers about what happens once you have completed the comparison process and have made the decision that you'd like to switch electricity providers.