{"id":87849,"date":"2024-10-31T04:51:11","date_gmt":"2024-10-30T19:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=87849"},"modified":"2024-11-01T16:46:11","modified_gmt":"2024-11-01T07:16:11","slug":"raa-electricity-plans-mb3041","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/raa-electricity-plans-mb3041\/","title":{"rendered":"RAA Energy&#8217;s Electricity Plans &#8211; Are They Any Good?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-87850\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/raa-energy-electricity.jpg\" alt=\"RAA Energy electricity plan review\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/raa-energy-electricity.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/raa-energy-electricity-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/raa-energy-electricity-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/raa-energy-electricity-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>RAA Energy officially launched yesterday in South Australia, offering members-only electricity plans. So, how much does RAA&#8217;s &#8220;electrifying offer&#8221; cost and what&#8217;s with the bearded bee guy?<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>RAA was founded by a small group of motoring pioneers in 1903. Today it boasts more than 820,000 members and offers a bunch of services beyond those related to motoring &#8211; home insurance, home services and now electricity to name a few.<\/p>\n<p>In August the organisation announced it was &#8220;set to shock local energy market&#8221; with what it said would be a &#8220;trusted, fair and transparent energy plan&#8221;. Yesterday the wraps came off it.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cRAA Energy is different \u2013 we don\u2019t profit from the energy you use,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/daily.raa.com.au\/media-resources\/raa-energy-delivers-an-electrifying-offer\/\">said<\/a> RAA CEO Nick Reade.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>However, there&#8217;s a not-insignificant monthly subscription fee of $24.95 that &#8220;helps cover the cost to keep our lights on,&#8221; said Mr. Read. Members taking up the plan will also give the organisation added opportunities to put its solar and battery installation service in front of them; not that there&#8217;s anything wrong with that.<\/p>\n<h2>Comparing A Pair<\/h2>\n<p>RAA Energy is a trading name of electricity retailer Energy Locals Pty Ltd. So, how does <a href=\"https:\/\/www.raa.com.au\/home\/energy\"> RAA Energy<\/a> stack up? I put my address details into its plan finder and the only offer presented was a Time-of-Use (ToU) plan:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Monthly subscription fee: $24.95<\/li>\n<li>Peak (6:00am to 9:59am, 3:00pm to 12:59am) &#8211; 41.67 c\/kWh<\/li>\n<li>Off Peak (1:00am to 5:59am) &#8211; 29.32 c\/kWh<\/li>\n<li>Shoulder (10:00am to 2:59pm) &#8211; 25.19 c\/kWh<\/li>\n<li>Daily supply charge &#8211; 107.94 c\/per day<\/li>\n<li>Solar feed-in tariff (First 8 kWh Daily) &#8211; 4.00 c\/kWh<\/li>\n<li>Solar feed-in tariff (Remaining kWh) &#8211; 2.00 c\/kWh<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Now let&#8217;s look at one of the big retail players, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.energyaustralia.com.au\/home\/electricity-and-gas\/plans#\/\">Energy Australia<\/a>. The following rates are for the same address after the 7% discount offered is applied, and the tariff timeframes are the same as RAA.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Monthly subscription fee: $0<\/li>\n<li>Peak &#8211; 52.99 c\/kWh<\/li>\n<li>Off Peak &#8211; 28.64 c\/kWh<\/li>\n<li>Shoulder &#8211; 16.78 c\/kWh<\/li>\n<li>Daily supply charge &#8211; 115.19 c\/per day<\/li>\n<li>Feed-in tariff\u00a0 (First 8 kWh Daily) &#8211; 4.5 c\/kWh<\/li>\n<li>Feed-in tariff (Remaining kWh) &#8211; 4.5 c\/kWh<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the comparison in a graph.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-87852\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/raa-energy-australia.png\" alt=\"RAA vs Energy Australia electricity plan rate comparison\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/raa-energy-australia.png 900w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/raa-energy-australia-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/raa-energy-australia-768x576.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Annual Estimated Costs Compared<\/h2>\n<p>The lowest annual price for an average customer (4,000 kWh) is $2,139 says RAA. This price estimate is based on an average residential customer using 4,000 kWh annually and doesn&#8217;t take into account feed-in tariff credits. What I&#8217;m not clear on is whether that includes the monthly subscription fee, which over a year works out to be $299.40. <strong>UPDATE 1 November:<\/strong> RAA have let us know that the estimate includes the monthly subscription fee.<\/p>\n<p>For average electricity usage in my area (4,000 kWh yearly &#8211; so apples-to-apples), EnergyAustralia says this plan has a lowest possible price of $2,074 (again, without FiT). So, it&#8217;s a bit cheaper than RAA&#8217;s based on those figures.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, your own mileage will vary based on how and when you use energy and note that EnergyAustralia&#8217;s peak rates are much higher than RAA&#8217;s. The comparison above isn&#8217;t to say that EnergyAustralia necessarily offers the best deals in SA; whichever company does will depend to some degree on your own circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>And on that note &#8230;<\/p>\n<h2>Navigating Electricity Retailers<\/h2>\n<p>Comparing electricity retailers can be a pain in the butt, but it&#8217;s important to check fairly regularly to ensure you&#8217;re on the best plan for your situation.<\/p>\n<p>For owners of solar power systems (and even for those who aren&#8217;t), SQ has made this onerous task easier with our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/energy\/\">electricity plan comparison tool<\/a> that includes feed-in tariff rates. Just bear in mind the best plan has a balance of (comparatively) high feed-in-tariffs, low usage tariffs and low daily charges. We don&#8217;t have RAA plans in the tool yet, but no doubt they&#8217;ll be added in the not-too-distant future.<\/p>\n<p>As for the deal with RAA&#8217;s bearded bee guy &#8211; I have absolutely no idea. But the slogan accompanying the pic above was &#8220;Excessive electricity bills are toast&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RAA Energy officially launched yesterday in South Australia, offering members-only electricity plans. 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