Currently with contact energy on open contract and looking for options to switch providers. Had a 6 month run with switching and got credit from contact, flick etc
Looking for recommendations on some cheap deals for Auckland south.
Howick
Good electricity deals - looking for options to switch
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This. Power prices can vary significant across the country - even across town in some cases. Your neighbours may qualify for different rates, too, due to meter type and part of the grid they're connected to.
You really need to do your own research if you want to know the cheapest for you. Directly with the retailers, too, as sites like Powerswitch don't always have all the latest deals and (in my and others' experience) the listed rates are often different from what the retailers will quote.
We just switched 2 houses from Genesis.
One into Power shop with the fuel discount (using Cheapies referral code so someone here should get $100 credited)
The other into Contact with code 200OFF for $200 instant credit, plus used a referral code from here for another $100 off (plus $100 for another Cheapie)
What's best for you will depend on where you live and how much power you use, but don't forget to use the Cheapies referral codes before you sign up.
Where do I find these referral codes please?Genesis have just offered me another 'great ' deal that appears to be more expensive than the great deal I got last year and the one before that. Im in Christchurch
Just search the provider you are looking for in cheapies. If referral is available it will be displayed.
For eg
Contact
https://www.cheapies.nz/deals/contact.co.nz
Contact Energy are great. you get the $100 free credit after a month if you use one of the referral links here.
Was with Electric Kiwi for a while, but they progressively increased prices multiple times in a year.
Now with Contact with the free 3 hours of power each night - which works very well for me - we set the spa and pool heater and ducted aircon all on - not to mention other stuff like dryers and dishwasher etc - and often get more than 60% of our daily power free.
You get $100 if you use one the referral codes you can find on here as well. Overall happy with it , and the per KWH rate was actually cheaper than EK even before the extra 2 hours of free power. EK does let you choose your hours whereas Contact is 9pm - 12 only. But that's what I would probably pick anyway .
Frank Energy look quite good, a free $50 credit too if you use one of the referrers here. They used to be Energy online. They have the cheapest gas in my area.
No power company consistently offers the best deal.
If you are prepared to change to maximise saving, then rotating around Z electric, powershop, frank energy and Contact, they all have various sign up off without a contract. At one stage this year, Contact offers $240 off as a Queen's birthday deal without contract. but now only $100 off available on no contract terms, (unless you bundle with internet, or has a bach).
Z electric has variable of one off offer, and the referral option of one off 75L of fuel may not be a long term offer.
Powershop prices are lower in summer, much higher in winter. they also offer a price guarantee over a year, but they are often miscalculates and you have to chase them up when one year is up. They now offer the excess payment as credit, so you have to use that up before you can leave, or else loose the credit. so effectively the price guarantee locks you in for 1 year and several months. Also depending on your luck, their customer service replies are very variable. sometimes, they only offer 15% off in lieu of the Contact 3 hour free rate on the variable rate only, but sometimes they offer this 15% discount to the total rate. or refuse to match at all. if you take them as causal, then probably can get about $38 off in the first 6 weeks with good time.. (gets $25 on first month, $3 using the app, and $10 on second month, and leave only after you have used the credit. Now they also charges for credit card charges.
Frank energy was previously energy online offers $50 on referral.
and then Contact on referral has $100, but the rate is much higher on no contract rate..so the next question to consider, if you are low user (using 8,000 units a day).
you may wish to consider a fixed term contract before April next year.. because of changes in regulation on fixed low user charge.
https://www.mbie.govt.nz/building-and-energy/energy-and-natu…
so may be keep rotating before then or after, as rotating probably gets the best deals (ironically) until the one off sign up offers are no longer available. Do note there may be a 12 month grace period in some companies before you try to sign up again.
can check a number of comparison website, to have a feel of the prices of each power plan, but best not to sign up on from those website, unless they offer something that is not available elsewhere, but more often then not you are worse off from signing from the comparison website, e.g. Frank energy and Contact, do not offer you additional referral credits etc..
https://www.powercompare.co.nz/
https://switchme.co.nz/
https://powerswitch.org.nz/Is the plan pricing on Contact website correct? Simple Energy Rates is showing 23.9c/kwh but I am on the same plan and my last bill shows 22.70c/kwh. This is excl. GST & Levy. Have the prices changed?
Contact pricing may have changed over time, in the past, their everyday bonus fixed was cheaper than simple energy plan. Now the same.
I think prices might have gone up sometime after April this year, (when I had a record of their prices). Contact may give existing customer a grace period before rising the prices.You are better off to be on a contract with Contact if you like to stay with them long term or switch to something else for the bonus offer without a contact.
Hi,
There is almost never going to be one 'best' provider - they all have different pricing depending on where you live, so there is really no other option that to shop around as many as you can.
Hope that helps,
Alan.