I am currently on a single-rate tariff with Nectr. My fixed rate is finishing soon, and I am looking for a new plan. I am considering moving to the time-of-use tariff (my meter supports it). The problem is that my bills have no breakdown between peak off-peak and shoulder as I am on single-rate. Is there a way to check my usage somewhere based on the meter number/address?
Electricity Usage Breakdown Peak, off-Peak, Shoulder - Single-Rate Tariff
Lyabol on 02/04/2024 - 14:41
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Yes, you can use your NMI meter number and get a usage report from your Electricity Distributor (not your Retailer).
Alternatively you can also get a power meter monitoring device that logs usage in real time. Do a google and there are bunch of companies to give them away free to claim the carbon credit or something.
If you're in Victoria you can download your last 12 months of hour by hour data at Victorian Energy Compare https://compare.energy.vic.gov.au/
You will still need some mid-level Excel-fu skills to process the raw data yourself though.
You can also get a free powerpal in Victoria too that'll track it all quite easily.
not really free when the vic tax payers pay for it…
OP should check who his distributor is and go on their website to check.
I suggest for a few weeks you
read the meter at the same times every day
IE. every morning, getting home and going to bed.
That will tell you the Kw used in that time.i have an excel spreadsheet that i enter my meter readings to work out who much my bills are. nectr is also what im on and its still the cheapest compared to the rest.
my experience with time of use and peak demand tariffs is that unless you are not home in the afternoon and evening, the single rate will work out cheaper (assuming you have no solar)
Find it annoying to have to time my usage to save very little on TOU
you might be able to ask your electricity distributor for the usage