With the recent increase in electricity prices, has anyone successfully negotiated a better price for the likes of PowerShop?
I'm not meaning being shifted to a different publicly available plan - but the same plan with a lower daily fee (currently 103.45c) , or rate (currently 36.95c/kwh). I have solar (12c) - Sydney Ausgrid area.
I'm have considered moving to TOU and gamble on the high peak rates.
Thanks in advance for your comments.
36.95c/kwh?? Literally just moved to Ovo last night for 21.78 flat rate.
Are you sure you're not on a demand rate. On demand you get ok rates but they got you with the demand - looking at your biggest spike in kw for the month, multiplying by the rate like 25c - then applying that to every day of the month on top of usage and daily fee.
What is the plan, and state? Feed in and daily fee?
Yes. I only used 10kwh peak hour for whole month but got charged 40 dollars total for peak plus demand charges. That crazy
I just switched to another retailer last month. Great success.
For about 10 years, I would often call my retailer (Lumo) with the best competitor rates I could find, threaten to leave, and they'd either match, or go close. But a few years ago Alinta knocked on the door, Lumo said they couldn't get close, so i switched, and Alinta's consistenty been top 3 in terms of value in my area ever since. Will have to re-check after August though.
Alinta FIT is just 6.7
I changed to GloBird Energy (locked prices for 6 months), and swapped to a heat pump hot water tank for $33 (coupled with a smart switch and solar)…. and now I'm paying even less than what I was before. Life is good.
i had same thing with power shop. rate increased by 30% and feed in decreased by $0.01 to $0.12.
try to find a better deal with better solar feed in but could find it.
I spoke with powershop and they wouldn't budge a cent.
are you pulling my leg? how did you get that so cheap???
I just used the Origin offer that was posted here recently.
Rate is changing on 1-Aug though.
Supply to 85.298 cents per day
Usage to 21.298 cents per day
can i still sign up? or the deal has expired?
@jv: Supply Charge
Daily Supply
84.65 ¢/day
Usage Charges
General Usage
24.07 ¢/kWh
Seems good to me, do you have a referral code so i can use yours? =)
do you have a referral code so i can use yours? =)
That would be against the commenting rules… 😀
Jaysus, mine at NSW 2151 is:
Supply Charge
Daily Supply
89.78 ¢/day
Usage Charges
General Usage
37.30 ¢/kWh
@jv: can't.. Parent's own it, will still own it until the next generation. I was with energy australia paying 30c then they increased to 40c from August. I moved to ovo with 29c (variable rate too) but I sense there will be problems with cust service down the line, I couldn't even call them in the past 3 days.
I couldn't even call them in the past 3 days.
Isn't it a public holiday in the Philippines?
I was called up by my last retailer who every year offer me better and better discount until i said yes. So kinda like negotiation but initiated by them not me.