5 reasons you may be paying too much for electricity

[mark_m]

Isn’t the Choice article about consumer behaviors and what we can do individually about our circumstances?

@ajohnson

How are you working to reduce your electricity bills?

The other questions concerning the high cost of electricity supply whether due to lack of retail competition, poles and wires diamond plated, or wholesale pricing and generation are all valid. There is another topic in the community looking at that.

Electricity Price Increases

Not necessarily a bad idea. Leaving everything to “market forces” hasn’t worked. Total State control doesn’t work. It’s a question of where the line is drawn. We certainly don’t have it right at present.

Or another about retail supply options

Energy Retailers

It is, but as you ably wrote, is all that gets in the way yielding a roo in the headlights stance. Once one makes the decision to change and who to it is quite simple. There are a few real comparators such as the Vic government site and similar, but iselect and comparethemarket are marketing tools not true comparison sites. Choice Transformer subscription service is offered for those willing to put their plan in someone else’s hands. Transformer has its own category for those who may not …

For us in a more rural setting and fortunately not on an SWER line we would suggest that not enough has been spent on our poles and wires. Instead the investment may have been wasted elsewhere? That’s for a different topic. Now without power for the third time this year, but not a record yet as it has only been 10hrs.