{"id":36640,"date":"2020-01-27T11:43:43","date_gmt":"2020-01-27T01:13:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=36640"},"modified":"2026-04-02T19:32:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T10:02:54","slug":"electricity-plan-comparison-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/electricity-plan-comparison-tool\/","title":{"rendered":"SolarQuotes&#8217; New Retail Electricity Plan Comparison Tool Can Save You Money &#8212; It Let Me Afford Pizza"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_36805\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36805\" class=\"wp-image-36805 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/pizza-tariffs.jpg\" alt=\"Electricity plan comparison tool\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/pizza-tariffs.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/pizza-tariffs-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/pizza-tariffs-1024x536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/pizza-tariffs-768x402.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-36805\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Introducing Solarquotes New Retail Electricity Plan Comparison Tool:\u00a0 It Will Pay For Pizza!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;m paying way too much for electricity.\u00a0 It&#8217;s driving me broke!\u00a0 Financially I was doing okay until I told everyone I&#8217;d buy them pizza and it end up costing me $90.\u00a0 How can pizza cost $90?\u00a0 It&#8217;s dough, tomato sauce, ham, pineapple, and maybe some corn if you&#8217;re Japanese.\u00a0 How can that be $90?\u00a0 We only had four of them!<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>After that debacle, if I&#8217;m going to stay out of debtor&#8217;s prison, I need to make some drastic cuts in my spending.\u00a0 It&#8217;s time to tighten the belt, cut the fat, pinch pennies until they squeal, and stop up the passage to remorse.\u00a0 A good place to start is my electricity bill.\u00a0 Lucky for me, SolarQuotes now has a brand spanking new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/energy\/\">retail electricity plan comparison tool<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_36794\" style=\"width: 797px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36794\" class=\"size-full wp-image-36794\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Lady_Macbeth1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"787\" height=\"649\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Lady_Macbeth1.jpg 787w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Lady_Macbeth1-300x247.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Lady_Macbeth1-768x633.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 787px) 100vw, 787px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-36794\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">When Lady Macbeth decides to put corn on her pizza, she does not mess around.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I was going to wait until the comparison tool was out of beta testing and fully perfected before trying it out.\u00a0 Once it&#8217;s complete the electricity retailers of Australia shall tremble before its might as they witness the power of this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=g7-tskP0OzI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">fully operational<\/a> comparison tool.\u00a0 But if I wait any longer I&#8217;ll end up having to boil my shoe leather for breakfast, so delay is not an option.\u00a0 Trust me, it&#8217;s never a good idea to allow yourself to become hungry enough to eat a horse if you happen to own one.<\/p>\n<p>Because my situation and myself are both a little idiosyncratic,<sup class='endnote'><a href='https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/electricity-plan-comparison-tool\/#en-36640-1' id='enref-36640-1' onclick='return hhEndnotes_show(36640)'>1<\/a><\/sup> rather than use the comparison tool for just my own situation, I will use it to find the best electricity plan in each capital that has electricity retailer choice.\u00a0 I&#8217;ll do this for households with solar panels and for those poor fools without it.<\/p>\n<h2>Areas With Electricity Retailer Choice<\/h2>\n<p>If you live in the following areas:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The ACT<\/li>\n<li>NSW<\/li>\n<li>South Australia<\/li>\n<li>South East Queensland, or&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>Victoria<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Then congratulations, you have retailer choice which means you get to choose your retail electricity plan.\u00a0 You get exactly the same electricity, but you decide whose logo appears on your bill and which bureaucracy you deal with when you call them up on the phone.\u00a0 Or not call them on the phone, as electricity retailers are starting to push people to sign onto plans and do everything else online.<sup class='endnote'><a href='https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/electricity-plan-comparison-tool\/#en-36640-2' id='enref-36640-2' onclick='return hhEndnotes_show(36640)'>2<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>Competition between retailers means a larger portion of your electricity bill goes towards paying for retailing than in states without electricity retailer choice. \u00a0Competition can keep prices low for things like hamburgers, t-shirts, and horseshoes, (but apparently not pizzas). \u00a0However, when it is instead used as an excuse to brand a commodity like electricity, prices go up instead. That&#8217;s because money is spent by retailers to convince people their electricity plans are best.\u00a0 On top of this, consumers also bear the additional cost of the time and effort put into choosing plans.\u00a0 This is a hidden burden that&#8217;s rarely mentioned.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t have time to find the best electricity plan for everyone, so I&#8217;ll just stick to the capitals that are cursed with electricity retailer choice.\u00a0 These are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Adelaide<\/li>\n<li>Brisbane<\/li>\n<li>Canberra<\/li>\n<li>Melbourne<\/li>\n<li>Sydney<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Note in Sydney and Melbourne there can be slight variation in electricity plans between different Distributed Network Service Provider areas, but these aren&#8217;t large, so I won&#8217;t worry about them and just tell you the cost of electricity in their CBDs (Central Business Districts).<\/p>\n<p>Technically there is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/tasmania-electricity-retailer-mb0946\/\">retailer choice in Tasmania<\/a>, but it&#8217;s not much of a choice.\u00a0 If you have solar power, go with First Energy as they have a higher solar feed-in tariff but are otherwise exactly the same as Aurora which, confusingly, was the state&#8217;s first energy retailer.<\/p>\n<h2>Our Comparison Tool Is A Work In Progress<\/h2>\n<p>If you go to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/energy\/\">electricity retailer comparison tool page<\/a> and scroll down a little, you will see this:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-36700 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/comparison_tool.png\" alt=\"Electricity retailer comparison beta\" width=\"1724\" height=\"607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/comparison_tool.png 1724w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/comparison_tool-300x106.png 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/comparison_tool-1024x361.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/comparison_tool-768x270.png 768w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/comparison_tool-1536x541.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1724px) 100vw, 1724px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The word &#8220;beta&#8221; in brackets means it&#8217;s still under development.\u00a0 We&#8217;re working out<sup class='endnote'><a href='https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/electricity-plan-comparison-tool\/#en-36640-3' id='enref-36640-3' onclick='return hhEndnotes_show(36640)'>3<\/a><\/sup> how to stop electricity retailers from gaming the system and making their electricity plans look better than they actually are, but this part is far from complete.\u00a0 The good news is I am wise to most of their tricks, so I consider myself an effective guide capable of keeping you safe as we head into the retail plan jungle.<\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"font-style: italic;\">Note from Finn:<\/strong><i> We can do this because we have not monetised this tool. There are no links to sign up for any of the plans. We take no commissions on any of the plans shown. No electricity retailers pay to appear on the tool. We actually pay a hefty monthly fee to get the data.<\/i><\/p>\n<h2>Using The Comparison Tool<\/h2>\n<p>The first choice we get to make is for &#8220;Accuracy Of Comparison&#8221;.\u00a0 We can choose between &#8220;Simple&#8221; or if we have 12 months worth of electricity bills, &#8220;Advanced&#8221;.\u00a0 I&#8217;m pretty simple, so I&#8217;ll stick with that for now.<\/p>\n<p>There are some default values in the boxes &#8212; 3000 for the postcode and 6.6 kilowatts for solar system size:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-36717 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/comparison_tool_defaults.png\" alt=\"Postcode and solar system size - comparison tool\" width=\"1246\" height=\"151\" data-pin-id=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/comparison_tool_defaults.png 1246w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/comparison_tool_defaults-300x36.png 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/comparison_tool_defaults-1024x124.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/comparison_tool_defaults-768x93.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1246px) 100vw, 1246px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>But there&#8217;s no &#8220;calculate&#8221; button or &#8220;find retailers&#8221;.\u00a0 So if I just click on the first box&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-36718 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/comparison_tool_defaults2.png\" alt=\"Postcode and solar system size\" width=\"1256\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/comparison_tool_defaults2.png 1256w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/comparison_tool_defaults2-300x40.png 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/comparison_tool_defaults2-1024x136.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/comparison_tool_defaults2-768x102.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1256px) 100vw, 1256px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;the default disappears.\u00a0 But if I type in 3000 anyway, which is the postcode for the Melbourne CBD, centred on Shanghai Street Dumpling &amp; Mini Juicy Bun, the SolarQuotes logo pops up for a fraction of second and looks like it&#8217;s emitting radiation while the internet thinks about it.\u00a0 Then if I click on the &#8220;System Size&#8221; box and choose 6.6 kW from the options given (kW is kilowatt by the way) the logo briefly appears and emits radiation at me and then all this appears:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-36721 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/comparison_tool_full2.png\" alt=\"Compare electricity plan results\" width=\"697\" height=\"1688\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/comparison_tool_full2.png 697w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/comparison_tool_full2-124x300.png 124w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/comparison_tool_full2-423x1024.png 423w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/comparison_tool_full2-634x1536.png 634w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 697px) 100vw, 697px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Near the top, two blue bars with sliders appear and after them a whole list of electricity retailer plans from least to most expensive.\u00a0 There&#8217;s actually another 68 plans after the ones above making the total of 84, but I figured we didn&#8217;t need to see them all.<\/p>\n<h2>The Blue Bars<\/h2>\n<p>The first blue bar shows your &#8220;Self Consumption Ratio&#8221;, which is the percentage of solar electricity your home consumes itself.\u00a0 The second is &#8220;Total Energy Usage Per Day (solar + grid)&#8221;, which is exactly what it sounds like &#8212; the average number of kilowatt-hours of electricity used by your home per day from both your solar system and the grid.<\/p>\n<p>The bars are set to typical amounts for homes in that area determined by using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-analytics-fronius-smart-meter\/\">Solar Analytics<\/a> figures, so there&#8217;s no need to touch them if you think your home is typical.\u00a0 But they can be adjusted to whatever you consider appropriate.\u00a0 For example, if I drag the solar self consumption all the way to the right&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-36723 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/bluebars.png\" alt=\"Solar energy self consumption and total electricity usage\" width=\"1123\" height=\"581\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/bluebars.png 1123w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/bluebars-300x155.png 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/bluebars-1024x530.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/bluebars-768x397.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1123px) 100vw, 1123px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It will change the order of the electricity plans below, as the one that saves the most money changes.<\/p>\n<p>The maximum Self Consumption Ratio it will let me go to in the screenshot above is 57%.\u00a0 This is because I haven&#8217;t changed the Total Energy Usage Per Day slider.\u00a0 I can&#8217;t go over 57% because a 6.6 kilowatt solar system will produce a lot more than an average of 15 kilowatt-hours per day unless the solar panels were installed under a tree, upside down, indoors, or something like that.\u00a0 But if I use the bottom slider to increase the &#8220;Total Energy Use Per Day&#8221; I can get &#8220;Self Consumption Ratio&#8221; all the way to 100%:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-36725 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/bluebars3.png\" alt=\"Self consumption ratio and total energy usage per day\" width=\"1117\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/bluebars3.png 1117w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/bluebars3-300x153.png 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/bluebars3-1024x523.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/bluebars3-768x392.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1117px) 100vw, 1117px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Again, this changes which retail electricity plan is best.<\/p>\n<p>You might think sliding the bars around is all well and good if you happen to know what your Self Consumption Ratio is, but if you don&#8217;t have a clue, how do you work it out?\u00a0 The good news is, as long as you have some electricity bills, then instead of using the Simple version I did above, you can use the Advanced Version to get results. Those result will be spot on unless a dastardly electricity retailer has used one of the aforementioned tricks. But as I said, we are working hard to extract those tricks that include hidden charges, limited eligibility and limited feed in tariffs from the data-feed.<\/p>\n<h2>Advanced Accuracy<\/h2>\n<p>At the very top of the comparison tool there&#8217;s an option to choose between simple &#8220;Accuracy Of Comparison&#8221; and advanced, with the default being simple:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-36729 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/accuracy2.png\" alt=\"Advanced electricity plan comparison\" width=\"999\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/accuracy2.png 999w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/accuracy2-300x58.png 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/accuracy2-768x149.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 999px) 100vw, 999px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you click on Advanced then you can enter how many kilowatt-hours of grid electricity you&#8217;ve used over 12 months and how much solar electricity you&#8217;ve exported to the grid for a feed-in tariff:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-36731 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/accuracy3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"687\" height=\"445\" data-pin-id=\"Advanced comparison tool details\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/accuracy3.png 687w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/accuracy3-300x194.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 687px) 100vw, 687px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Entering these values and then your postcode will give a list of retail electricity plans based on your particular situation.\u00a0 If you don&#8217;t have 12 months of bills you can put in an estimate.\u00a0 Because you&#8217;re just entering your postcode and electricity use this information is all anonymous.\u00a0 We&#8217;ll have no idea who you are and no interest in trying to find out.<\/p>\n<h2>No Solar Power?\u00a0 No Problem!<\/h2>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t have solar panels you can still use the Comparison Tool to find a plan.\u00a0 At the moment when you use simple accuracy and click on &#8220;System Size&#8221; it doesn&#8217;t give you the option to click on &#8220;zero kilowatts&#8221; or &#8220;No Solar&#8221; but I am making a note of that and will throw it at my boss, Finn, who is sitting two meters away from me.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_36808\" style=\"width: 1856px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36808\" class=\"wp-image-36808 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/finn-message.jpg\" alt=\"ronald tossing a message into finn's coffee\" width=\"1846\" height=\"1203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/finn-message.jpg 1846w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/finn-message-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/finn-message-1024x667.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/finn-message-768x500.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/finn-message-1536x1001.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1846px) 100vw, 1846px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-36808\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Illustration by Master P. He has now earned enough ten dollar notes to buy Star Wars Battlefront.<sup class='endnote'><a href='https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/electricity-plan-comparison-tool\/#en-36640-4' id='enref-36640-4' onclick='return hhEndnotes_show(36640)'>4<\/a><\/sup><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Okay, he didn&#8217;t seem very happy about it landing in his coffee, but since I wrote it on a piece of paper and not a bowling ball, I&#8217;m still employed.<\/p>\n<p>You could click on the smallest solar system size, but it&#8217;s better to click on advanced accuracy and enter zero kilowatt-hours of solar electricity exported to the grid:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-36734 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/nosol.png\" alt=\"solar electricity kilowatt hours exported\" width=\"666\" height=\"112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/nosol.png 666w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/nosol-300x50.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This will give you a list of electricity plans suitable for a home without solar power.\u00a0 But if you have a roof that doesn&#8217;t suffer from large amounts of shade I definitely recommend getting it.\u00a0 You can use the tool to show how much you can potentially save.\u00a0 Or &#8212; if you have a pessimistic outlook on life &#8212; how much less you&#8217;ll be ripped off.<\/p>\n<h2>Beware Of Electricity Retailer Perfidy<\/h2>\n<p>If you want to save the most money possible, you might think you could simply choose from the top of the list of plans the Comparison Tool presents.\u00a0 Unfortunately, this would only be true if electricity retailers were honest and trustworthy, but &#8212; you might want to sit down before I tell you this shocking news &#8212; they aren&#8217;t.\u00a0 They have 101 tricks&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-wrapper\"><iframe title=\"spanish inquisition scene only    monty python\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CV11t_qYikg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Actually, they have 5.\u00a0 They have 5 main tricks they use to deceive people into thinking their electricity plans are best.\u00a0 These are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Origin Energy often appears at the top of the list with a high solar feed-in tariff, but that&#8217;s only available for a limited time after buying a solar system from them &#8211; and you probably want to check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/installer-review\/origin-energy\/\">their reviews<\/a> before you do that.<\/li>\n<li>They can have hidden fees called &#8220;club membership&#8221; or some other hooey like that.<\/li>\n<li>They can limit the size of the solar power system they&#8217;ll accept.<\/li>\n<li>Rather than limit the size of a solar system, they can limit the number of exported solar kilowatt-hours per day that receive a high feed-in tariff, so the average feed-in tariff received ends up miserably low.<\/li>\n<li>Require you get gas or some other service from them as well.\u00a0 Electricity plans can also require you to have a home battery, a concession card, or meet some other requirement.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This sort of nonsense should of course be illegal, but unless you&#8217;ve been living under a rock, then you&#8217;ll know that the rules for electricity retailing have never been for the benefit of consumers.<\/p>\n<p>The comparison tool does not yet detect these tricks or conditions, or the new tricks we&#8217;ll no doubt see in the future, but we&#8217;re working on it.\u00a0 Once it&#8217;s perfected and out of beta you&#8217;ll be able to see which deals are honest and which are deceptive.\u00a0 Of course, we can&#8217;t guarantee we&#8217;ll always catch those tricksy little electricity retailers before they do any harm, but that is the plan.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_36778\" style=\"width: 824px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36778\" class=\"wp-image-36778 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/origin_energy_ausrank.png\" alt=\"Origin Energy reviews ranking\" width=\"814\" height=\"665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/origin_energy_ausrank.png 814w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/origin_energy_ausrank-300x245.png 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/origin_energy_ausrank-768x627.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 814px) 100vw, 814px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-36778\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This AusRankings graph shows where Origin Energy&#8217;s solar installations reviews stand in comparison to other installers. Origin are in the bottom 12% of all solar installer reviews on SolarQuotes.<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Varying Charges By Consumption May Not Be A Trick<\/h2>\n<p>Sometimes the amount charged varies according to how much electricity has been consumed.\u00a0 For example, in South Australia the first 11 kilowatt-hours of grid electricity used per day may cost a couple of cents less per kilowatt-hour than consumption over that amount.\u00a0 This encourages energy conservation and gives lower income houses, which generally use less electricity, a bit of a break.\u00a0 So it&#8217;s not actually evil in South Australia, even though it does make calculating the best electricity plan more difficult.<\/p>\n<p>But plans sometimes available in other states that do the opposite and charge less the more you use &#8212; they are evil.<\/p>\n<p>One thing to note is, if you don&#8217;t have a smart meter no one will know how much electricity you use each day.\u00a0 So if the first 11 kilowatt-hours receive a lower price you&#8217;ll only be charged the higher rate if your average consumption goes over this.\u00a0 (And they wonder why some people don&#8217;t like smart meters.)<sup class='endnote'><a href='https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/electricity-plan-comparison-tool\/#en-36640-5' id='enref-36640-5' onclick='return hhEndnotes_show(36640)'>5<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<h2>You Can Deal With The Devil<\/h2>\n<p>You can bargain with electricity retailers and attempt to get a better deal.\u00a0 For example, just the other day, a commenter told me they were able to receive Origin&#8217;s highest solar feed-in tariff despite not buying a solar power system from them.\u00a0 People have gotten around limitations on solar system size.\u00a0 Also, you can ask for lower prices, or higher discounts.\u00a0 But note the better a deal is, the less likely a retailer is to budge and improve it further.\u00a0 It&#8217;s easy to get a $100 discount when you are paying $500 more a year than you have to.\u00a0 It may be impossible to get them to budge if it&#8217;s already the best offer available.<\/p>\n<p>The scope for bargaining is being reduced by the introduction of electricity plans that require you to sign up over the internet.\u00a0 On the bright side, the rates for these are generally low.<\/p>\n<h2>We Are All Individuals!<\/h2>\n<p>I&#8217;ll use the Comparison Tool to find the best deal in the capitals with electricity retailer choice, but first I&#8217;ll need to decide what kind of households I&#8217;ll find them for.\u00a0 According to the Australian Energy Market Commission there is a lot of variation between the states in average annual electricity consumption for a two person household:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-36736 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/aemc.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"882\" height=\"652\" data-pin-id=\"Annual average household electricity consumption in Australia\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/aemc.png 882w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/aemc-300x222.png 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/aemc-768x568.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 882px) 100vw, 882px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>But our Comparison Tool doesn&#8217;t use those figures.\u00a0 Instead, it uses the total annual consumption for the average home with solar in the state or territory.\u00a0 For the five capitals these amounts come to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Adelaide:\u00a0 7,665 kilowatt-hours<\/li>\n<li>Brisbane:\u00a0 4,380 kilowatt-hours<\/li>\n<li>Canberra:\u00a0 4,380 kilowatt-hours<\/li>\n<li>Melbourne:\u00a0 5,475 kilowatt-hours<\/li>\n<li>Sydney:\u00a0 4,015 kilowatt-hours<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you suspect your annual electricity consumption is significantly different you can use the &#8220;Advanced&#8221; option to enter an estimate.<\/p>\n<h2>4 Scenarios For Households<\/h2>\n<p>To keep things simple, and so electricity costs between states can be easily compared, I will just look at homes with total electricity use of 5,000 and 10,000 kilowatt-hours per year.\u00a0 I can easily do this by using the default simple option for Accuracy and adjusting the &#8220;Total Energy Usage Per Day (solar + grid)&#8221; slider and setting it to 14 or 27.\u00a0 Because the bar only moves in 1 kilowatt-hour increments, I will actually be looking at homes with 5,110 and 9,855 kilowatt-hours total annual consumption.<\/p>\n<p>I will find the best electricity plan in every capital with retailer choice for 4 types of household:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>5,110 kilowatt-hours total annual consumption and no solar panels.\u00a0 (Just so we can feel sorry for them.)<\/li>\n<li>5,110 kilowatt-hours total annual consumption and a 6.6 kilowatt solar system.<\/li>\n<li>A large and\/or profligate<sup class='endnote'><a href='https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/electricity-plan-comparison-tool\/#en-36640-6' id='enref-36640-6' onclick='return hhEndnotes_show(36640)'>6<\/a><\/sup> home with 9,855 kilowatt-hours total annual consumption and a 6.6 kilowatt PV system.<\/li>\n<li>A large home with 9,855 kilowatt-hours total annual consumption and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/systems\/10kw\/\">10 kilowatt solar system<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Apart from changing the &#8220;&#8221;Total Energy Usage Per Day&#8221; to 14 or 27 kilowatt-hours as appropriate, I will make no other changes and leave the &#8220;Self Consumption Ratio&#8221; slider at its default.\u00a0 This is reasonable as it will automatically go to the expected value for the location and electricity consumption.<\/p>\n<h2>Manually Checking Plans For Electricity Retailer Rip-Offs<\/h2>\n<p>Starting with a home without solar panels, and looking at the results for Adelaide, or Radelaide as it&#8217;s called when I&#8217;m in town, I see Powerclub comes out at the top of the list:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-36740 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/radelaide.png\" alt=\"Checking for electricity retailer ripoffs\" width=\"1117\" height=\"742\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/radelaide.png 1117w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/radelaide-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/radelaide-1024x680.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/radelaide-768x510.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1117px) 100vw, 1117px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>But since it&#8217;s still the beta version of the comparison tool, I&#8217;ll have to manually check to see if it&#8217;s using any tricks to fool us into thinking this electricity plan is better than it is.\u00a0 I do this by clicking on the &#8220;Link&#8221; symbol under &#8220;Plan Details&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-36741 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/click_me_drag_me_drop_me_treat_me_like_an_object.png\" alt=\"Electricity plan details link\" width=\"1117\" height=\"233\" data-pin-id=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/click_me_drag_me_drop_me_treat_me_like_an_object.png 1117w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/click_me_drag_me_drop_me_treat_me_like_an_object-300x63.png 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/click_me_drag_me_drop_me_treat_me_like_an_object-1024x214.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/click_me_drag_me_drop_me_treat_me_like_an_object-768x160.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1117px) 100vw, 1117px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This will cause the electricity plan details come up and, provided there is a blue link, you can click on that to get more information:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-36742 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/plandetails.png\" alt=\"Electricity plan details\" width=\"1091\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/plandetails.png 1091w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/plandetails-300x107.png 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/plandetails-1024x365.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/plandetails-768x274.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1091px) 100vw, 1091px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Following the link lets me see this electricity plan is only for a home with a battery, which is extremely unlikely for a residence without solar.\u00a0 Powerclub also has an annual membership fee that effectively makes the daily supply charge considerably higher than the figure given.<\/p>\n<p>Doing the same for the next plan from Origin that&#8217;s next on the list, I see it is only for people who have SA concession cards, which rules out the majority of homes in the state.\u00a0 On the other hand, it does gives you an incentive to get granny to move in with you and put the electricity bill in her name.\u00a0 (If you give me your address I&#8217;ll send granny to you, but you have to promise to take good care of her.\u00a0 Just give her some Dutch gin and cigars and she&#8217;ll be happy.)<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_36772\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36772\" class=\"size-full wp-image-36772\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/granny_snacks.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/granny_snacks.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/granny_snacks-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/granny_snacks-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-36772\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Granny snacks (Image: Packaging of the World)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The next retail electricity plan is for Powerclub again.\u00a0 Their annual &#8220;club fee&#8221; bumps up what you really pay by $39 a year, but it still ends up a few dollar less than the next plan, which is from Red Energy.\u00a0 If Powerclub&#8217;s sneaky fee makes you want to give them a miss, be warned that Red Energy has a once off $22 joining fee, so they like to sucker punch too.\u00a0 They just don&#8217;t hit quite as hard.<\/p>\n<h2>Adelaide &#8212; Amaysim &amp; Energy Locals, and Origin Ahead For Solar Homes<\/h2>\n<p>The best electricity plans I could find for Adelaide, after checking for tricks and traps and any extra fees that might apply, are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>5,110 kilowatt-hours total consumption and <strong>no solar<\/strong>:\u00a0 Powerclub, Powerbank Home Flat + Solar FIT $1,956<\/li>\n<li>5,110 kilowatt-hours and <strong>6.6 kilowatts of solar<\/strong>:\u00a0 Amaysim, Solar As You Go\u00a0 <strong>-$646 credit<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>9,855 kilowatt-hours total consumption and <strong>6.6 kilowatts of solar<\/strong>:\u00a0 Energy Locals, Local Saver $1,301<\/li>\n<li>9,855 kilowatt-hours total consumption and <strong>10 kilowatts of solar<\/strong>:\u00a0 Origin, Solar Boost $386<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Update 13:12 27 Jan 2020:<\/strong><\/em> <em> I originally had an Amaysim plan as the best with a 10 kilowatt system but, as Stephen kindly pointed out in the comments, they only allow a maximum solar inverter capacity of 5 kilowatts and therefore a maximum solar system size of 6.66 kilowatts.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Just out of curiosity I also looked up the best plan for a home without solar power that used 10,000 kilowatt-hours a year and it was Powerclub at $3,484.\u00a0 So, going by these figures, the annual savings from installing solar in Adelaide are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>5,110 kilowatt-hours total annual consumption and a 6.6 kilowatt solar system:\u00a0 $2,602<\/li>\n<li>9,855 kilowatt-hours total annual consumption and a 10 kilowatt solar system:\u00a0 $3,098<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Brisbane &#8212; Red Energy Winner For Solar Homes<\/h2>\n<p>In Brisbane the best retail electricity plans according to the Comparison Tool and my manual checking are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>5,110 kilowatt-hours total consumption and no solar:\u00a0 Reamped, Anytime $1,395<\/li>\n<li>5,110 kilowatt-hours and 6.6 kilowatts of solar power:\u00a0 Red Energy, Living Energy Saver <strong>-$401 credit<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>9,855 kilowatt-hours total consumption and 6.6 kilowatts of solar:\u00a0 Red Energy, Living Energy Saver $663<\/li>\n<li>9,855 kilowatt-hours total consumption and 10 kilowatts of solar:\u00a0 Red Energy, Living Energy Saver <strong>-$267 credit<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Canberra &#8212; Energy Locals On Top<\/h2>\n<p>In Canberra the best electricity plans I found were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>5,110 kilowatt-hours total consumption and no solar: Origin, Max Saver Online Special $1,408<\/li>\n<li>5,110 kilowatt-hours and 6.6 kilowatts of solar: Energy Locals, Anytime <strong>-$455 Credit<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>9,855 kilowatt-hours total consumption and 6.6 kilowatts of solar power:\u00a0 Energy Locals, Anytime $798<\/li>\n<li>9,855 kilowatt-hours total consumption and 10 kilowatts of solar: Energy Locals, Anytime <strong>-$213 Credit<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Melbourne &#8212; GlowBird And Energy Locals Victorious In Vic<\/h2>\n<p>For Melbourne these were the best electricity plans I could find:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>5,110 kilowatt-hours total consumption and no solar:\u00a0 GloBird, EasySave $1,419<\/li>\n<li>5,110 kilowatt-hours and 6.6 kilowatts of solar:\u00a0 Energy Locals, Local Saver <strong>-$61 credit<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>9,855 kilowatt-hours total consumption and 6.6 kilowatts of solar: GlowBird, EasySave $1,034<\/li>\n<li>9,855 kilowatt-hours total consumption and 10 kilowatts of solar: GloBird, EasySave $447<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you have gas, the GloBird Combo plan may be a better deal, but not everyone wants their gas, so I left it out.<\/p>\n<h2>Sydney &#8212; Origin, Energy Locals, &amp; AGL On Top<\/h2>\n<p>Here are the lowest cost electricity plans I could find for Sydney:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>5,110 kilowatt-hours total consumption and no solar: ReAmped, Handshake $1,444<\/li>\n<li>5,110 kilowatt-hours and 6.6 kilowatts of solar:\u00a0 Origin, Solar Optimiser <strong>-$159 credit<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>9,855 kilowatt-hours total consumption and 6.6 kilowatts of solar:\u00a0 Energy Locals, Local Saver $1,227<\/li>\n<li>9,855 kilowatt-hours total consumption and 10 kilowatts of solar:\u00a0 AGL, Solar Savers $213<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Energy Locals Does Well<\/h2>\n<p>For solar households, Energy Locals is the retailer that comes out on top the most, but the best retailer electricity plan will depend on location.\u00a0 Also, I don&#8217;t want to give them too much credit because they still make it just as difficult to determine what you&#8217;re actually paying as most electricity retailers and so I don&#8217;t trust this friendly, non-profit organization at all.\u00a0 Use them if they will give you a better deal than what you have, but don&#8217;t trust them.\u00a0 Of course, that&#8217;s my attitude towards pretty much every electricity retailer.<\/p>\n<h2>I Can&#8217;t Guarantee They Are The Lowest Cost Electricity Plans<\/h2>\n<p>We (as in people at SolarQuotes who aren&#8217;t me) have put a lot of effort into getting the Comparison Tool right.\u00a0 But it is reliant on information provided to the tool and everything is complicated by retailers deliberately making their plans confusing because they don&#8217;t want to give the clear information that&#8217;s required for competition to work.\u00a0 So I&#8217;ll state I can&#8217;t be absolutely certain these are the lowest cost electricity plans available, but I am willing to bet a large amount that they are at least very close.\u00a0 How much am I willing to bet?\u00a0 Ooh, say&#8230; $90 worth of pizza?<\/p>\n<h2>Big Savings From Getting Solar Panels<\/h2>\n<p>Just to rub it in for everyone without solar power, here&#8217;s a graph showing annual savings from installing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/systems\/6kw\/\">6.6 kilowatt solar system<\/a> in all the capitals with electricity retailer choice:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_36793\" style=\"width: 846px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36793\" class=\"wp-image-36793 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/beforenaftergraph1.png\" alt=\"annual savings from installing a 6.6 kilowatt solar system - Australian capital cities\" width=\"836\" height=\"668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/beforenaftergraph1.png 836w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/beforenaftergraph1-300x240.png 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/beforenaftergraph1-768x614.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 836px) 100vw, 836px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-36793\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">If you own an unshaded roof and don&#8217;t have solar, you are daft as a brush.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>As you can see from the way the orange bars all dip below zero, the solar households in these capitals will pay less than nothing as their electricity bills will be in credit over a 12 month period.\u00a0 This is for 5,110 kilowatt-hours total consumption, which is more than what the AEMC says a typical two person household uses in all these capitals except Brisbane, but they will still pay less than nothing there because the AEMC amount is only 130 kilowatt-hours a year more.<\/p>\n<p>If you prefer to look at actual figures rather than a graph, the annual savings from installing a 6.6 kilowatt solar power system for a home with 5,110 kilowatt-hours total consumption are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Adelaide:\u00a0 $2,602<\/li>\n<li>Brisbane:\u00a0 $1,796<\/li>\n<li>Canberra:\u00a0 $1,863<\/li>\n<li>Melbourne:\u00a0 $1,480<\/li>\n<li>Sydney:\u00a0 $1,603<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>With annual savings like this, provided you have a suitable roof, you&#8217;d have to be nuttier than a lumpy chocolate bar not to get solar panels.<\/p>\n<h2>I Come Out Ahead<\/h2>\n<p>By using the Comparison Tool for my own personal circumstances, I&#8217;ve discovered a retail electricity plan that should make me $84 a year better off.\u00a0 With the money I&#8217;ve saved from eating nothing but leftover pizza for the last three days, that&#8217;s enough to get me financially back on track.\u00a0 I&#8217;m so happy about this I&#8217;m going to celebrate by buying everyone sushi.\u00a0 Surely that can&#8217;t be expensive given they don&#8217;t even bother to cook the fish.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m paying way too much for electricity.\u00a0 It&#8217;s driving me broke!\u00a0 Financially I was doing okay until I told everyone I&#8217;d buy them pizza and it end up costing me $90.\u00a0 How can pizza cost $90?\u00a0 It&#8217;s dough, tomato sauce, ham, pineapple, and maybe some corn if you&#8217;re Japanese.\u00a0 How can that be $90?\u00a0 We [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":36805,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[636],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-electricity-prices","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.4 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How Our New Electricity Plan Comparison Tool Can Save You Money<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Our electricity tariff plan comparison tool is not designed to make money from you. 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