What Is The "Demand" Rate with Alinta Energy?

[Deactivated] on 31/08/2017 - 09:39

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Alinta have an electricity rate card entered into Energy Made Easy that is significantly cheaper than any other provider. It is called Fair Deal 25 (Single Rate) - Demand and you may also note they have another ratecard Fair Deal 25 (Single Rate) which is more on par with other providers. So that one word "demand" seems to make an enormous difference.

There is no info on their website. After calling Alinta I'm not any clearer on what the "demand" signifies and I am concerned it's all a big bamboolzement designed for you to switch to Alinta but end up on the more expensive rate of Fair Deal 25 (Single Rate)

Any insight anyone?

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  • Gunther on 31/08/2017 - 10:28
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    Found this on the SA Pricing website, looks like different rates for time of year.

    Demand Usage Charges
    Usage† of: Unit ex GST incl GST
    Anytime usage c/kWh 35.72 39.292
    Supply Charge cents/day 34.98 38.478
    Capacity Demand Charge Summer (4pm-9pm) c/kW/day 46.55 51.205
    Capacity Demand Charge Non-Summer (4pm-9pm) c/kW/day 19.36

    https://www.alintaenergy.com.au/sapricing

  • Fergy1987 on 31/08/2017 - 14:28

    No Idea - but I tried to price match that 25% discount with Origin and they said their offers were better than those of Alinta and closed my enquiry - Not sure what that means…..

  • sk0tty on 05/09/2017 - 15:05

    I too came across this and wondered the same thing. If you look carefully, you'll notice that the demand charges are in cents/kW/day and not cents/kWh. My understanding from what I've read is that demand charging applies for the maximum instantaneous draw rather than usage over time. To be able to measure demand usage, one must have a smart meter (i.e. an interval meter). If you don't have a smart meter, then forget about the demand rates as they don't apply to you.

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