My Energy bill
Dwelling - Apartment
How many people- two
City or State - Sydney
Provider - Energy Australia
Duration - 90 days
KW- 943.00
Average per day - 10.48 KW
Cost - $302.47
Comments- expensive
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Dwelling - House
People - 5 and half
City - Melbourne
Provider - Tango Energy
Duration - 29 days
KW - 219
Ave / Day - 7.57
Cost - $69.18
Comments: Winner!!!
Dayyum, that's low daily usage.
the other appliances connected to the neighbour (shhhhhhusshhh)
How close is the nearest park BBQ?
Omg 🙀thats great !!!
90 days would be around $208 👍🏻👍🏻
let us see how it goes after this month when we are using the electric heater more than we used to be.
I'll keep you updated
I didn't include the annual concession rebate which is about $9.48 which lessens the total cost for the month = $59.70
Damn how so cheap la?
Does this include the electricity for the freezer you're keeping the half person in, or is that the appliance connected to your neighbour?
We are actually running 2 fridge at the moment, 1 small freezer and 1 normal size fridge with freezer.
Is this a joke? Is power really that cheap?
I live with my girlfriend and our 90 day electricity bill is over $500…
wanna upload the original bill?
check your power outlets. your neighbour might be using your power ;)
I wish it was that simple, I think my heater (renting so can't change) is insanely inefficient.
Any comments on Tango Energy in general? They look like the best now on the comparison site.
They will be, but probably only for 12 months to catch customers and then they'll jack up the prices.
Well… Globird increased the rates after 1 month, so I moved to Tango as they offered 24 month no rate increase, which is on the contract (although I can leave if I want). I've been paying a lot less than I used to, very happy.
Melbourne
2 people
29 days
Kw 312
Ave/d 10.7
Cost $80I've been using the outdated heaters more often (tenant, can't change).
Then can we leave after 12mths or is there lock-in?
We're pretty similar
Dwelling - House
People - 5 (4 working F/T and 1 couch potato)
City - Melbourne
Provider - Click Energy
Duration - 30 days
KW - 235
Ave/day = 7.83
Cost - $75.49
This can be Googled. There are so many surveys of a much larger sample population and some do not rely solely on volunteered information so it is probably more reliable.
I prefer and trust my fellow Ozbargainers than some random survey ! 💚
Is there any real cheapskates 💰here or to say nicely “thrifty” ozbargainers who use candles or even garden solar lights instead of turning the lights on ???💡💡💡💡💡
It’s probably not worth using battery operated lamps
Aliexpress USB lights, charge the powerbrick at work.
My mum’s a real tight wad. Gets round the house at night with a hand torch. Not very convenient or the smartest idea especially when carrying food on plates ‘in the dark’. She placed a large plant pot in the hall to hold down a rug that she had glued to the floor; but one night she forgot that it was there because she couldn’t see it with just the torch and ploughed into it whilst carrying dinner from the kitchen. Spaghetti bol all over the shop and one busted toe!
😁😁😁love it !
Why?
My Energy bill
Dwelling - house
How many people- two and a half
City or State - Geelong
Provider - Tango
Duration - 28 days
KW- 354.57
Average per day - 12.66 KW
Cost - $109
Comments-
How half?
baby
You have half a baby?
My Energy bill
Dwelling - Apartment
How many people- 2
City or State - Melbourne
Provider - Lumo
Duration - 30 days
KW- Not with me right now
Average per day - N/A
Cost (with pay on time discount) - $170
Comments- Electric heating/hot water / oven. Yeah I don't know why, but my power bill is always more expensive than my peers (regardless of where I live), even though I shop around and pay less per kwh…Wouldn't be surprised, my neighbour is a piece of shit
Dwelling - Apartment
How many people- 2-4
City or State - WA
Provider - Strata
Duration - 34 days
KW- 398
Average per day - 11.71 KW
Cost - $112.74
Comments- Common hot water system = hot water billed via strata
Dwelling - House
How many people- two
City or State - South Australia
Provider - Alinta
Duration - 90 days
KW- 1358
Average per day - 14.29
Cost $720.50. Minus pay on time discount of $158.44 = $562.06
Comments- We have gas as well. $_$
Omg looks expensive 😮😮 are you using heater or Aircon?
haven't heard of those 50c/kwh generated by gas turbine?
Dwelling - house
People - 4
State - Qld
Duration - 95 days
Provider - Energy Australia
Kwh - 1992
Average per day - 20.97
Cost - $102.87
More expensive than last quarter as the Mrs has the reverses cycle going 24/7 almost.
Is that correct? $102 ?
Yeah, my last one was $17.30 so $100 is quite a hike :P
What is your solar setup?
6.6kw panels and 5kw inverter. Used the excel spreadsheet some champion on here made up, entered all the updates plans, and energy Australia came out best by far, much better than the original solar plan I was on before.
Spreadsheet? Got a link :)
Dwelling - House
How many people- 4
City or State - Sydney
Provider - Origin
Duration - 92 days (22/3/2019 - 21/06/2019)
KW- 1075
Average per day - 11.68 KW (+ unmetered solar we use during day light hours)
Cost - $19.29
Comments- Solar Panels are awesome and we also have gas. Right now, Solar is producing around 37 KW a day. In summer, it produces over 50 KW a day.
Origin charge around 28c per KW and 83c per day supply charge (by memory). They pay 20c per KW for my solar.wow 37kW a day on average is really good. I barely register 10kW a day. What system do you have?
Three phase power supply to the house (no 5kw limit). 24 LG 320 watt panels (7.68 KW) with 24 enphase micro inverters.
Screen shot: daily productionSounds like quite a set up. How much did it set you back, if you don't mind?
@skid: About $12,500 but it wasn't about the money (although if roof space permits, it is more cost effective to install a larger solar array rather than installing batteries). A couple of years ago, I went into the Morwell/Hazelwood coal mine and got to see first hand this dirty big massive hole we have put into the ground. I am not a greenie but it doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that something isn't right.
@[Deactivated]: Agree with your about the coal mines. Unfortunately, Australia is a coal power junkie.
Dwelling - House
How many people - Four
City or State - QLD
Provider - AGL saver with 30% pay on time discount
Duration - 93 days
KW- 2313 (546 of those are controlled load)
Average per day - 24.8
Cost $680.93 Minus pay on time discount and QLD government $50 refund of dividends = $492.95
Comments- 3 fridges (two are older models), pool and regular use of a clothes dryer. All lighting is LED. No heating because we are in QLD ;)
No heating because we are in QLD ;)
My heater has been on over 12 hours most days for past few months… next bill will be a heart attack :(
Dwelling - apartment (freezing cold double brick, cheap rent though)
How many people - two
City or State - NSW
Provider - Energy Australia (Sydney) with 32% pay on time discount
Duration - 92 days
KW- 1296
Average per day - 14
Cost - 368 after discount
Comments- 2 fridges, regular use of a clothes dryer, using a bar heater all day working from home baby. $4 a day not to freeze my backside off all winter, easy choice, I'll skip the coffee.
Wow, you get a 32% pay on time discount ! 😮
I was on 40% with Amaysim. It means nothing if their base price is jacked up 30% compared to everyone else.
Pay on time discounts most of the time is bullocks! Energy companies entice you with it only to charge more for usage and service to property which in the end better to get those companies with less usage charges with no Pay On Time discounts.
Slowly creeps up when I call to ask them to increase my discount every time someone post a good offer here on ozbargain. 25 27, 30, then 32.
Depends on timing mostly.
Note discounts will differ between states. VIC has had 40% before. But as below, they are BS, you have to work out your charge per hour after discounts and compare to other offerings.
Dwelling - Townhouse
How many people - One
City or State - NSW
Provider - Click Energy with 40% pay on time discount
Duration - 91 days
KW- 1065 kWh
Average per day - 11.6 kWh
Cost - $248.53
Comments - Probably too high but I use the washing machine and clothes dryer twice a week, keep all the lamps turned on throughout the evening on both floors and keep my computer turned on throughout the afternoon/evening.
Are you outside Sydney. I'd like a 40% discount, but I don't think I can get click energy here in the inner west.
I live on the coast and am not situated in or around Sydney.
Yep, prices looked a little low for the continual rip off that is Sydney.
I’m fighting the temptation to put these on a spreadsheet which I can filter and/or sort :p
I think I lose no matter what, all the other bills are divisible by two or more…
Allllllll byyyyyy myyyyyyseeeeeeelllllfffff…
Dwelling - 3 story double brick Townhouse with a central stairwell that acts like a chimney
How many people- One (on average)
City or State - Sydney
Provider - Amaysim after they jacked the prices
Duration - 89 days (16/3-12/06)
KW- 446.00 - 94kw Peak; 140kw Off Peak; 212kw Shoulder
Average per day - 5 KW
Cost - $75.85 after a $125 12month loyalty rebate
Comments- They jacked their prices up earlier in the year and I waited until now to switch so i could get the $125 rebate. Now with Simply Energy.
Dwelling - Single story double brick terrace
How many people- two (average)
City or State - Sydney
Provider - AGL
Duration - 90 days May-Jul
KW- 570.00
Average per day - 6.33 KW
Cost - $267 less $157 Solar FIT = $150
Comments- 5kw poorly positioned solar PV on roof. Autumn, Summer & Spring bills are all in credit.
If you want some sort of commonality between the quotes, the fields you need are:
- Retailer
- Distributor
- Daily kWh (inc any controlled load)
- Daily Supply charge
- Controlled load (yes/no)
- Plan type (simple / time of use etc)
- Solar size (kW or 0)
- Gas hotwater (yes/no)
- Monthly cost: $x
The above would be the minimum for any level of basic comparison.
My Energy bill
Dwelling - Detached House
How many people- 4
City or State - Adelaide
Provider - Simply Energy
Duration - 91 days
KW- 2,146 kWh
Average per day - 23.59 kWh
Cost - $84.86, but still have $1450 credit. Do I win?
Comments- I love having solar - bring on Spring!
How many kw is your solar system?
6.6kW of panels on 5kW inverter. But in my case it's "power company error in your favour". I replaced a smaller system I had, and I'm still getting a high feed-in tariff from that one, but generating heaps more. So I've generated about $3.5K of solar feed ins since December when the new system was installed.
damn, if I were you I'd buy 2400w panel heater for each room and get a 7kw split unit for the common area and leave them on until daily saving is on.
Dwelling: House
How many people: 2 x Adults, 2 x Children (<4yo)
City or State: Brisbane, Queensland
Provider: AGL (Retailer), Energex (Distributor)
Duration: 90 days
Usage: 2250 kWh
Average: 25 kWh / day
Cost: $570 (~$190 / month)Comments:
- Includes pay on time discount and $50 credit for "QLD Gov't Asset Owner dividend"
- Single Rate, which with the discount (25%) equates to ~$0.191 / kWh
- Supply Charge $0.99 / day
- No controlled load
- No solar
- Gas (LPG) hot water, electric stove (although do some cooking on gas BBQ)
I regularly look around online to see if I can get a better deal, and last I looked (February) no-one that I looked at compared - even with higher discount %'s - due to higher rates and supply charges. Even AGL's own offerings (at the time) were worse. (Note: this was just looking myself online, not asking on phone).
I've actually got a spreadsheet I use to quickly plug in the numbers to compare (I also use it for Insurances (Home, Car, Health), Phone, Internet, Gas). Have been meaning to tidy it up and see if anyone want's to use it. One day…
😮 wow ,big bill !
That is a massive bill for a 4 person house with gas hot water…
Use a lot of climate control?
Here's my AGL Energy Insights
Text for the lazy:
Category Usage Cooking 18% Standby 18% Lighting 17% Fridges & Freezers 14% Laundry & Dishwasher 12% Home Entertainment 11% Anything Else 6% Heating 3% Obviously the accuracy of this is ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I've been wanting to get one of those energy usage meters like what we got when the government did their big smarter electricity usage thing a few years ago.
Thanks. Wow so much standby. I thought standby power was approx 1% of max draw power.
Might be urban legend though.
I would turn things off at the plug, but as you say ¯_(ツ)_/¯
Dwelling - House
How many people- two
City or State - Regional QLD
Provider - Ergon Energy
Duration - 31 days
KW- 40.91 (38.02KW from solar hot water booster)
Average per day - 1.32 KW
Cost - $24.66
Comments- 6.5KW solar + Tesla Powerwall + Solar hot water. General electric usage was 2.89KW. 12.16KW usage per day according to the Tesla app.
I didn't know bills were so low… Unless anyone with a massive bill is sitting here thinking the same.
Yes definitely 😮
Dwelling - Large house with pool
How many people- 1 + dog
City or State - North Queensland
Provider - Ergon (no choice of provider up here)
Duration - 90 days
Average per day - 23.59 KWh
Cost - ~$600
Comments- Lot of pool filtering during summer and running the bedroom air con every night in summer. In winter I drop down to $300/QTR (lot less pool filtering and no air con, but electric hot water used a bit).
my bills sit around the $100 give or take per quarter.
🤭🤭🤭🤭are u joking ? $100 per quarter?
You have Solar ?yes solar and battery array.
Dwelling - Apartment
How many people- One
City or State - Brisbane
Provider - Origin (No choice)
Duration - 29 days
KW- 111.586
Average per day - 3.60 kWh
Cost - $62.38
Comments - ducted air con is on a seperate account via the body corp
Easier this way
For 3ppl our household fit the aprox usage of 1 man as stated on the letter (i have gas as well though)
My Energy bill
Dwelling - House
How many people- three
City or State - Adelaide
Provider - Lumo Energy
Duration - 90 days
KW- 676
Average per day - 7.51 KW
Cost - $318.57
I'm not going to divulge all my details, but my bills come to $60-70 per month for a family of 5 (and doggo)
Our secret? 6kW solar system + 7* energy rated home with with double glazed windows throughout
My Energy bill
Dwelling - unit
How many people- one
City or State - Melbourne
Provider - tango
Duration - 95 days
KW- 641.16
Average per day - 6.7491 kw
Cost - $203.30
Comments- i don't use the heater as its way too expensive to run, and that total is before the concession discount i get. i also don't have gas
What if you get cold ???⛈⛈⛈☃️
because i live by myself i just use my blanket on the couch,
How long with tango, they good?
Almost a year and I find them great. No discounts other then the concession but their rates are heaps better
My Energy bill
Dwelling - House
How many people- 2 + Dog
City or State - Adelaide SA
Provider - Simply Energy
Duration - 30 days
KW- 192.57
Average per day - 6.21 kw
Cost - $78.94
Strange, these comments make me wonder if there's something wrong with my electricity readings. I have significantly higher average use per day than most, yet I don't use aircon or heating, do the washing/drying maybe once a month, have 1 fridge etc. so should be more in a lower bracket of usage. Although I do have a fair few baths - wondering if that drives the cost up?
Dwelling - Apartment
How many people- 1
City or State - Melbourne VIC
Provider - Tango
Duration - 30 days
KW- 451
Average per day - 15.56 kw
Cost - $95.70
Seems a lot, thats nearly $300 for 3 months , only using hotwater in baths shouldn’t be as much as showers
Your using more than me and we are 2 people,unless you use more in peak times?The average is 8.85kw per day for one household yours is nearly double?
If anyone here is complaining about power prices, try living in South Australia. I'm paying 40c/kWh (inc GST, many retailers provide pre GST prices) for the first 460kWh and 43c for subsequent use. In winter.
Sure, there's a 9% discount on that (was 10%) and Origin gives me an 18c solar FIT, but it's still very very expensive. I would love to be paying only 25c like people above.
There are cheaper prices out there, but they're always balanced by a lower FIT and higher daily charges. Some places offer as little as 10c/kWh.
NSW is 31-33c/KWh before discounts inc GST.
welling - House
How many people- two plus 1 3 yrs old kid
City or State - Melbourne (South East)
Provider - Click Energy
Duration - 31 days
KW- 129.06 (233.27KW Generated from solar to the grid )
Average per day - 4.2 KW
Cost - $20.79
Cost with Pay on time DC - $16.01 (discount is around 20% from memory )
Comments- 5kw Solar inverter
- 1
- 2
Nice try AGL.