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Compare & Connect partners with some of Australia’s leading energy providers so you can compare energy rates 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 the one place, to provide our customers a wide range of options to choose from . So far, we've successfully established relationships with these providers in NSW : Please note available by giving us a phone call.

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

Electricity Market Competition in NSW

The electricity market in Australia's Eastern and Southern states has been undergoing a deregulation since the late 1990s. The first stage was the establishing of a national grid {{citymarketintro4}} in one state to be sold to customers in another state.

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

• Energy Distributors
  Distributors look after the actual delivery of electricity to customers' premises , and they own and manage the powerlines and poles, 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. Every state has from 1 to 3 distributors but up to thirty retailers.

NSW 's electricity market was fully deregulated on 1 July 2014 . This meant that, for the first time, consumers could switch to whichever provider offered the cheapest electricity prices.

Electricity in NSW is provided by three distributors

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

Tips to reduce energy consumption to save money

Here are some easily implemented ways to reduce your usage of energy

• Reduce draughts. Minimise hot or cold air getting in or getting out via gaps under doors and around your windows through the use of gap seal tape and door snakes.
• A cheap alternative to an electric blanket is a hot water bottle.
• Turn appliances off at the power point when you're not using them.
• Avoid using your clothes dryer. Instead, dry clothes outside or use an indoor clothes rack.
• Rather than turn on the heater, wear clothing that is appropriate for the weather (warm socks, beanie, jumper, booties).
• Minimise lighting. Use natural lighting where possible.
• Close doors to rooms 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 curtains and blinds in rooms into which the hot sun directly shines in.
• Minimise air conditioning use by opening the windows during the night to allow the house cool down, then shutting them each morning to keep the hot air out.

FAQ about switching energy providers

Here are some answers to frequently asked questions about what happens once you've finished the comparison process and have made the decision that you want to switch energy providers.