Bill Hero Paid Electrical Plan Comparison Service

tryagain on 13/03/2025 - 22:34
Last edited 14/03/2025 - 08:55

edit. Found the name I was looking for, has anyone used the Bill Hero comparrison service? Did you find it worthwhile?

I recently heard of a paid service, I think it was about $50, and it continually monitored you usage and let you know what the best plan available for you, and if a better one became available it lets you know. It seemed to be the only one that compared demand charges, which due to these make it extremly hard to now accurately compare between plans. The issue is I can't remember what it was called, does anyone know the name of the service, and has anyone had any experiance with it?

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  • MS Paint on 13/03/2025 - 23:16

    The $50 fee sounds like a lazy man person tax. It's simple enough to do it yourself.

    • ESEMCE on 14/03/2025 - 08:52

      It's somewhat a lazy tax.
      I tried it on recommendation from a friend and they came back to me with no better offer (I was unsurprised because I do my research). They offered refund or a free x months extension.
      But then, I just choose the best option that the time and buy for 12 months. There's only so much time one can invest in staying on top of the continually changing info, so Bill Hero might pay for itself across the year the way energy companies rotate prices?

  • jv on 13/03/2025 - 23:18

    Bill Hero Comparrrrrrrison Service

    FTFY

  • freefall101 on 13/03/2025 - 23:49
    +1

    I have a spreadsheet that I drop my data in and the rates to calculate it. Apparently, I should start selling it for $50.

    • tenpercent on 14/03/2025 - 10:48

      share here?

      • freefall101 on 14/03/2025 - 15:38
        +1

        I will do one of these days. Right now it's not exactly user friendly (it only works with Ausnet data, and all the links in the power query direct to my harddrive, I'd need to have an import template).

        That someone is charging $50 for this though has given me incentive, it should be free!

        edit: It's also pretty much what the vic energy compare does already, it can import this data and compare. I just like doing my own because I can play with it a bit more and tweak for my own expected usage.

        • tenpercent on 14/03/2025 - 16:53

          Does it take into account sign up offers and churning?

  • brad1-8tsi on 14/03/2025 - 08:39
    +1

    I use wattever.com.au

    It's a really good free site

  • tryagain on 15/03/2025 - 14:23

    So, I ended up signing up, and used the referral links from OzBargain to get another 2 months free, So far it's been pretty underwhelming, it looks like there is a better plan that should save me about $250/yr, but I can't view what it is, the whole experience has been pretty clunky with some emails bouncing, and some coming through, and the portal landing page being virtually blank
    I think the idea has merit, but the execution is lacking, maybe when the free services take into consideration demand charges, they will be a good free option, but they don't really seem to be providing the full picture at the moment.
    I will update when I get a response, a service that automates the checking and changing over providers would be worth the $50/yr to me, but not if it doesn't work well.

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