{"id":54392,"date":"2021-09-29T08:02:19","date_gmt":"2021-09-28T21:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=54392"},"modified":"2021-10-04T09:28:56","modified_gmt":"2021-10-03T22:58:56","slug":"switching-electricity-plans-mb2174","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/switching-electricity-plans-mb2174\/","title":{"rendered":"So, You Want To Switch Your Electricity Plan?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-54394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/switching-electricity-plans.jpg\" alt=\"Switching electricity plans\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/switching-electricity-plans.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/switching-electricity-plans-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/switching-electricity-plans-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/switching-electricity-plans-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re the proud owner of solar power system and have found a more attractive electricity plan, here&#8217;s what you should know before you switch.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In an earlier article, I compared the most expensive and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/electricity-plans-solar-owners-mb2173\/\">cheapest electricity plans for solar owners<\/a> in terms of difference in cost over a year.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe you&#8217;ve then used SolarQuotes&#8217; handy tool for quickly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/energy\/\">comparing electricity plans<\/a>, done some further research and found a plan that better suits your circumstances. It may still be with your current electricity retailer, or perhaps it&#8217;s another provider.<\/p>\n<h2>Electricity Plan Switch Checklist<\/h2>\n<p>Making the switch shouldn&#8217;t be difficult, but before you contact the electricity retailer about the new plan, ensure you have all the information you need to take the next step.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Make sure you have read and understood the retailer&#8217;s summary document about your chosen plan that contains key information about it; which includes the feed-in, usage and daily charge rates, other fees, discounts, contract length etc. Be aware some plans offer attractive introductory rates for a set period, after which they aren&#8217;t such a great deal.<\/li>\n<li>Check with your current retailer on whether there will be any exit fees associated with the plan you&#8217;re on now. You never know, this may also act as a flag to the retailer that you&#8217;re considering dumping them and they may offer a better deal.<\/li>\n<li><b>Important:<\/b> Also check with your current retailer what will happen in a situation if you\u2019re in credit when you decide to switch to another electricity company<sup class='endnote'><a href='https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/switching-electricity-plans-mb2174\/#en-54392-1' id='enref-54392-1' onclick='return hhEndnotes_show(54392)'>1<\/a><\/sup>.<\/li>\n<li>Inquire about the retailer&#8217;s price change policy in terms of the new contract.<\/li>\n<li>Be aware you have a cooling-off period of 10 business days from when you sign up for a new plan to back out of it and not be subject to any exit fees.<\/li>\n<li>Consider aspects that may be useful to you such as flexible payment options.<\/li>\n<li>If you&#8217;re in the process of installing solar panels, don&#8217;t attempt to make the switch until the installation and meter changeover (if necessary) is finalised as this can create complications.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Making The Switch &#8211; What Happens Next<\/h2>\n<p>With all your ducks lined up, it&#8217;s time to contact the electricity retailer; providing them the name and ID (on the summary document) of the plan you&#8217;d like. If it&#8217;s a new retailer, they will then get your energy service changed over and tell your current retailer you are switching &#8211; there&#8217;s nothing you need to do there.<\/p>\n<p>Not long after that contact, you&#8217;ll receive a letter or email from the retailer detailing the plan and the terms and conditions associated with it.<\/p>\n<p>The actual changeover happens after the next time your meter is read. As this may be months depending on your billing cycle, you can ask the new retailer for an earlier meter read &#8211; but you should check to see whether this involves an additional cost.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<br \/>\n<strong>UPDATE October 4<\/strong> &#8211; Since the start of this month, the time taken to switch electricity retailers has been reduced to two days.<br \/>\n&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll then receive one final bill from your retailer for whatever is outstanding or indicating a credit.<\/p>\n<h2>Still Seems Like Too Much Hassle?<\/h2>\n<p>While switching electricity plans shouldn&#8217;t be difficult, time-consuming or stressful, perhaps for whatever reason you&#8217;ve decided to stay with the devil you know.<\/p>\n<p>Electricity retailers are meant to signal on the bills they issue if there is a plan that may be more suitable for you, but it never hurts to pick up the phone and ask for a better deal. A quick phone call could ultimately save you hundreds or thousands of dollars, and that&#8217;s what installing a solar power system is all about for many Australians &#8211; saving money (but the emissions reduction is a very valuable bonus too).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re the proud owner of solar power system and have found a more attractive electricity plan, here&#8217;s what you should know before you switch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":54394,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[678],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-solar-battery-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.1 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>So, You Want To Switch Your Electricity Plan? 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