Paying too much for power?
Check your plan in minutes.
A free guide for households in NSW, Victoria, south-east Queensland, SA, Tasmania and the ACT. Compare your plan against the government reference price, switch without the power going off, and cancel within 10 business days if you change your mind. In WA and the NT you cannot choose a retailer, but our guides still help you cut the bill.
- The power stays on the whole time
- Your new retailer handles the switch
- 10 business days to change your mind
Free for you. We have no paid partnership in Australia yet, so every link here is simply useful.
Facts, not promises
How switching works in Australia
- You can choose your electricity retailer in NSW, the ACT, South Australia, Tasmania, south-east Queensland and Victoria. Most homes in Western Australia and the Northern Territory have a single supplier.
- The switch happens at a meter read: within several business days with a smart meter, and up to 3 months with an older meter, although the new retailer can often use an estimated or recent read. The power stays on throughout.
- Energy Made Easy (run by the AER) and Victorian Energy Compare are free government comparison tools. They do not switch you; you contact the new retailer.
- You have 10 business days to cancel any new energy contract without an exit fee, however you signed up. In NSW early termination fees are banned, with narrow exceptions.
- If a retailer stops operating, its customers are automatically transferred to a new company, so you are not left without a retailer.
- Every plan is compared against a reference price: the Default Market Offer (AER) or the Victorian Default Offer (ESC), reset each 1 July.
We don't call. We don't knock.
We don't sell.
We never phone you and we sell nothing. A comparison site may call you only if you give it your number. Prefer no phone at all? Use the government's Energy Made Easy or Victorian Energy Compare; the details are on our compare page.
Is switching electricity retailer safe? What actually happens in Australia
One-minute test
Are you paying too much?
Enter your yearly usage from your bill and see roughly what a year costs at the average price. The comparison site shows what you could save.
Tools
Useful tools
Compare energy prices
Retailer offers ranked by yearly cost for your usage.
Compare 02Bill check
A photo or PDF of your last bill is enough. We read consumption, tariff and contract end, estimate what you could save and tell you where the meter number hides.
Read my bill 03Appliance consumption
What uses the most at home and what it costs. The fridge is rarely to blame; the tumble dryer often is.
Calculate 04Solar payback
How many years until the roof pays for itself, with and without subsidy. No marketing, just numbers.
Calculate 05Gas vs. reverse-cycle
Yearly cost of gas heating and hot water against reverse-cycle air con and a heat-pump water heater.
CalculateHow it works
How it works
- 1
Find your consumption
It is on your yearly bill, or estimate it in the calculator.
- 2
Compare offers
The comparison site shows what a year would cost with each retailer.
- 3
Switch and forget
The new retailer handles the switch. We remind you by email before the contract ends.
Guides
What to sort out now
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DMO and VDO 2026-27: what the reference price means
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Solar panels and batteries in Australia 2026: rebates, feed-in tariffs, payback
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