Best Energy Provider - Ausnet Changes Results in Plan Pricing Going up

geekcohen on 13/08/2021 - 10:06

Hi all,

I am in the Ausnet area in VIC. Ausnet has changed their off-peak and peak times which is great - https://www.ausnetservices.com.au/Electricity/Tariffs-and-Ch… - More off-peak time, meaning lower cost which is great.

I submit a request to Dodo this morning who then coincidently send me an email saying my plan is changing. They provide me with this table - https://www.dropbox.com/s/xtlm5aw6j94n08i/Screenshot%202021-…

All rates have gone up! 13c on daily supply charge which I found baffling since I haven't moved! Peak goes up 3 cents and off peak goes up 4 cents!

I WFH Full time, have a 6.6kWh solar system and a spa (Spring + Summer only) with an average of 25kWh used per day (on a bad day of Solar Generation in Winter). On a good day with solar with a fair amount of sun, I purchase about 21kWh and fed in about 10kWh.

I am getting 12c with Dodo for feed-in.

Does anyone have any other recommendations? I moved away from AGL due to a billing issue (taking too much money when I had moved houses) and transferred to Dodo because their prices were pretty good, but now I am rethinking who I should be with.

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Comments

  • Xistn on 13/08/2021 - 10:11
    +1

    Time to go off-grid?

    • geekcohen on 13/08/2021 - 10:12
      +1

      If I won the lotto, yes. Sadly I wasn't last nights VIC Powerball winner.

  • Drakesy on 13/08/2021 - 11:21

    Meanwhile here in WA we get 3c/kwh :( and buy it back at 20c

    • netjock on 13/08/2021 - 12:38

      Probably starts making batteries worthwhile. $4k for 6kw batteries now. Probably heading towards $3k.

      • Drakesy on 13/08/2021 - 12:44

        Yeah, did consider this at the time, however the payback period for our home was still ~6-7 years. Unfortunately the early model batteries are still fairly unreliable.

        Hopefully in 2 years time they'll come down to that $3k mark.

  • firestormx on 13/08/2021 - 11:52
    +1

    The best way is to use the vic energy comparison site: https://compare.energy.vic.gov.au/

    Upload your smart meter data (if you have it) and it will show the cheapest plan for your usage patterns.

    • netjock on 13/08/2021 - 12:36

      It is a good check tool unfortunately Dodo might turn out on top but their customer service isn't that great. Had a business account, talk to them 3 times to confirm rates and when the switch documents come over they had residential rates on it. Called back and they confirm they screwed up and actual rates are a lot higher.

  • netjock on 13/08/2021 - 12:42

    Ausnet has changed their off-peak and peak times which is great

    They finally recognise that solar is pushing prices down during the day. The old plans where peak is 7am - 11pm is ridiculous especially when solar peak production is from 11am - 3pm and the profiteers want to charge you peak rates and wholesale prices are nominal.

    Now they want to have solar feed in tax coming in 2025 (because distributors worked out they want a piece of the profit action due to retailers buying at 10c and charging 20c and they get nothing). They spend nothing, just a software upgrade to screw people who paid up for the solar on their roof tops, they are really turning into the Uber of power (someone else brings the capital and equipment, they charge a cut and call the shots).

    Meanwhile battery storage (you can get 10ft cube containers with a battery which can be based in a suburb) is nowhere to be seen, that is because it actually takes investment. Why invest your own money when you can get someone else to invest there's and then blow up their investment.

    Crazy times.

  • kusama on 13/08/2021 - 13:52

    Check out ReAmped, I'm with them and the anytime rates are way cheaper than yours, and you can sometimes get credit from ozbargain referrals…
    But I don't know anything about solar and feed-in etc.

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