If all Kiwi households had switched to the cheapest electricity deal in their region last year, they could collectively have saved $281 million. That's a lot of flat whites.
That's just one of the stats in the Electricity Authority of New Zealand's (EA) annual number-crunch of the residential power market, released on 28 July.
The EA says on average, Kiwi households could have saved $162 last year by switching to the cheapest power company.
Those with the most to gain from switching were folks from the Bay of Plenty, with $318 worth of average annual savings.
Estimated annual savings by region
- Bay of Plenty - $318
- Otago - $188
- Wellington - $177
- Taranaki - $161
- Canterbury - $150
- Waikato - $147
- Auckland - $136
Whether it’s $100 or $300, it’s definitely worth spending a minute or two checking out whether you could be better off.
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We’ve tried to make it easier for people to shop around by introducing our own Bill Compare tool.
All you need is a recent bill and a spare minute to enter a couple of figures. You’ll be shown how much you could have saved on that bill by being with Electric Kiwi.
If you like what you see, it then just takes a couple more minutes to complete your details online to sign up with us.
And that’s it. You don’t need to worry about contacting your current provider – we do all that for you.