Globird Now Charging Peak Rates Every Day of The Year. No Weekend or Public Holiday Gaps from 1 Jan

SgtBatten on 10/12/2024 - 18:21

Is this standard or provider specific going forward?

In line with the terms and conditions of your retail market offer, we review and adjust our prices from time to time.

To learn more about the factors causing price variation and what's happening to the wholesale energy costs across the country, please visit: https://www.globirdenergy.com.au/StateRates/

The structure and nature of your tariff are also changing. Please refer to the table below for details.

Below are your new energy rates which will take effect from 01 Jan 2025.

All dollar amounts on this notice are GST inclusive.

Electricity Rates

Distributor: Ausgrid
Site Address: 23XX NSW

Charge Description (Power) Current Rates New Rates
Daily Charge ($/Day) $1.00100 $1.28700
Peak Usage ($/kWh) $0.36630 $0.43450
Off-peak Usage ($/kWh) $0.25300 $0.26510
Shoulder Usage ($/kWh) $0.25300 -
Standard Solar Generation ($/kWh) $0.05000 $0.04000
Controlled Load ($/kWh) $0.19030 $0.17820

The "Reference Price" is $2509 per year, it is based on an average residential with controlled load customer in the Ausgrid zone, using 6800kWh per year. Your plan with the new rates, before applicable conditional discount(s), is 6% lower than the "Reference Price". The lowest possible price is $2349.32, which is lower than the "Reference Price" if all applicable conditional discount(s) are met. Your actual bill will be based on your individual energy usage, and different to the "Reference Price".

Tariff Structure Change

The structure and nature of your tariff are also changing, effective from 01 Jan 2025.

Note, under the new tariff structure, different rates apply to different times of the day and times of the year. The tariff structure and applicable time periods are shown in the table below.

Current Time Of Use Periods - Local Time New Time Of Use Periods - Local Time
Peak: 2pm to 8pm weekdays 3pm to 9pm every day
Off-peak: 10pm to 7am weekdays, all day on weekends Off-peak: all other times
Shoulder: all other times - 7am to 2pm weekdays and 8pm to 10pm weekdays -

For more details, please visit www.globirdenergy.com.au/StateRatesTariffChange/

To learn more about tariff types and the applicable time bands visit www.globirdenergy.com.au/legal/flexible/

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Comments

  • Sye on 10/12/2024 - 18:35
    +5

    Will have to use the unmetered gas cooktop and free council bbq

  • Minimum chips on 10/12/2024 - 18:41
    +3

    Globird suck. They do this it seems once or twice a year. They entice people in with low rates then jack the prices way up and hope to bill people before they notice and switch. I don't think its a mistake it's happening around christmas when people are busy and the message can get buried in other messages/promotionals.

    Reddit thread from 2023: https://old.reddit.com/r/sydney/comments/18685tc/globird_jac…
    Ozbargain in Jan 2022: https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/677213
    Ozbargain, again in June 2022: https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/706519

    • sponson on 11/12/2024 - 00:59

      Sneaky company, advertised "no increases for 12 months" and then quietly removed any trace of that from their website and then jacked up prices. Fortunately some nice OzB user had screenshotted it. They recinded the increase after I queried it and said it was out of "goodwill" - how the f is it goodwill for a company to honour their advertised terms, that's what I'd like to know.

  • SBOB on 10/12/2024 - 19:07

    Same with the engie promo I just signed up to

    Daily Supply Charge Supply Charge
    1.1114400 $/DAY

    Off-Peak 9pm - 3pm (AEST), all days during November to March, June to August. All day during April, May, September and October.
    0.3021700 $/KWH

    Peak 3pm - 9pm (AEST), all days during November to March, June to August.
    0.5830000 $/KWH

    Same ausgrid area so likely an underlying ausgrid change?
    As per the update listed here.
    https://www.ausgrid.com.au/Your-Energy-Use/Meters/Time-of-us…

    Crazy, but whatever, once the $250 is used up I'll be transfering to whatever next promo is around
    Definitely not a long term customer with those rates and periods.

  • mskeggs on 10/12/2024 - 20:26
    +1

    Globird’s business model seems to be cheap first contract deal, then abusively high prices on renewal, to capture the lazy.
    If you are on the ball, take them for the cheap rates, but plan your churn according to billing cycles to avoid the high rates.
    No interest in giving them my business.

  • mskeggs on 10/12/2024 - 20:37

    My advice to my kids getting their own utility accounts when they move out is to be super careful of honey moon deals, and expect to churn before the next contract - and if you think you won’t have the discipline to watch it like a hawk, consider one of the fairer suppliers (like energylocals or diamond energy) who don’t do the predatory acquisition stuff.
    It’s a good feeling if you forget to check not to be gouged, even if you pay a fraction more than the constant churning for sign-on bonuses.

  • brad1-8tsi on 10/12/2024 - 22:04

    It's not GloBird that has changed the peak/off-peak times, it's Ausgrid. It could be worse, you could be with AGL who pretend Ausgrid's periods are just a guide.

    Here are some interesting articles.

    https://wattever.com.au/ausgrid-time-of-use-customers-raw-de…

    https://wattever.com.au/time-of-use-periods-electricity-netw…

    https://wattever.com.au/compare-best-electricity-rates/#nsw

    • SgtBatten on 12/12/2024 - 06:18

      I was with AGL until the I produced demand tarrifs. I've got to be careful who I switch to now

      • lgacb08 on 12/12/2024 - 22:32

        AGL and many retailers has dropped demand tariff as of 1st July this year, they all slowly switching to Ausgrid extended peak rate, and from next year probably solar export charge. All of this due to Ausgrid being slack and think the easiest way to make money by raising rate and bogus charge, despite being a government owned public utility company. They should be sold to the Chinese way earlier to get rid of their inefficiency.

        • brad1-8tsi on 13/12/2024 - 15:15

          government owned public utility company
          The NSW State Government owns 49.6% of Ausgrid. The rest is various investment companies.

        • SgtBatten on 19/12/2024 - 11:54

          That's great to know. A year or more back I found it hard to not get on a demand tarif. It was so brutally punishing.

  • Stuj on 11/12/2024 - 06:57

    I received an increase notice, will be back on the hunt again in January. How is everyone here getting the best deals here? I see energy made easy government website has had a revamp since i last used it and now uses your meter number to go out and supposedly get your “Best” deals. Apparently its now “Energy Locals” whoever they are.

    • brad1-8tsi on 11/12/2024 - 08:25
      +1

      wattever.com.au comparison site is great if u have solar or batteries.

  • jason101 on 11/12/2024 - 07:28

    I think its common to build a client base then crank the fees - anyone checked out their Ovo rates lately, its not good.

  • SnoozeAndLose on 11/12/2024 - 07:44

    Currently with PowerShop(NSW) EV day plan is lower than this rate with 2 hours free per day.

    Jump over for $150 sign-up credits and a $75 referral bonus.

    • SgtBatten on 12/12/2024 - 06:19

      Any sign of demand tarrifs. I found some supplies who don't even advertise demand tarrifs force me onto it.

      • SnoozeAndLose on 12/12/2024 - 10:14
        +1

        Not demand tariffs, in my previous experience you will need to switch to TOU (time of use) with no demand charge then it can go with only TOU no demand for other retailers.

        • SgtBatten on 19/12/2024 - 11:58

          Do you need an EV to get that plan?

  • Chickenleg on 15/12/2024 - 07:40

    Extremely average rates for Globird in SA now. Any recommendations?

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