Don’t miss out on getting the cheapest energy prices for your home. Here are two great ways to get a better energy offer.
1. Check your bill or ask your energy company for their ‘best offer’.
Your energy bill tells you if there is a cheaper energy plan available for your home.
Look for the words ‘could you save money on another plan?’ on your energy bill.
This isn’t a marketing ploy by the company. It’s a requirement from the Victorian Government to make energy companies responsible for giving you the cheapest energy plan available, based on how you currently use electricity and gas.
Watch our video on getting the best offer.
It’s likely you’re not on your energy company’s cheapest plan at the moment (companies have dozens of different ones). So, if your bill says you can save, call your energy company and ask them to switch you on to the ‘best offer’.
Our video shows you what to say and what to expect when you call your energy company to get the best offer.
2. Use Victorian Energy Compare to find the best deal from all energy companies
If you want to take control of your electricity and gas bills, there’s only one place to go – the independent Victorian Energy Compare website. It’s fast, accurate and free and helps find the best deal across all energy companies.
Here’s our video on saving with Victorian Energy Compare.
Ready to find the best deal from all energy companies? Then watch our step-by-step guide on using Victorian Energy Compare to find a great deal for your home.
‘Shopping around’ to find a cheaper energy plan for your home is not for everyone.
The good news is that if you ‘choose not to choose’, there is an energy plan to help.
The Victorian Default Offer (VDO) is the government’s fair price for electricity.
If you don’t want to choose an energy plan, you can call your energy company and ask to be put on the government’s Victorian Default Offer.
This may not be the cheapest energy plan for your home but it’s a fair price for electricity, monitored and set by the energy regulator every year.
The price of the Victorian Default Offer is the same price, no matter which company you buy your electricity from.
Once you go on the Victorian Default Offer, you will stay on this rate, updated yearly, until you ask to move to a different energy plan.
The Essential Services Commission, the regulator for energy in Victoria, has more information about the Victorian Default Offer.