Check power prices

**MotherBear** · 01-06-2008, 03:56 PM

See if you're getting the best deal on here .

Related news article here .

**Cliff** · 02-06-2008, 10:39 AM

thanks for that.

Cliff

**MotherBear** · 12-07-2008, 04:50 PM

I'll bump this up again in case anyone missed it last time. The link is in my post above although I think there's a problem with the site after a virus attack.

Cheaper power a mouse-click away
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By Martha McKenzie-Minifie

Some households are losing hundreds of dollars a year by not shopping around for the best deal on electricity.

Since 2002, consumers have been able to compare deals relatively simply using online calculator PowerSwitch - but new UMR research released by the Electricity Commission this week found just 13 per cent of respondents had heard of the website.

An in-depth, national analysis indicated many customers could save $150 a year or more by switching to the cheapest supplier in their area.

Yet, the commission said, a "sizeable proportion" did not do it.

For residential customers with average power use and on the most common tariff , the study found potential savings of shopping around varied from nothing to about $265 a year - or more if they could change to a more suitable plan.

More here.