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Hey everyone! 🌞 Just had to take a minute to appreciate the amazing weather we’ve been having in Auckland this Winter – it really does lift the spirits, doesn’t it?
But now onto a more pressing matter – I need some help understanding energy deals and offers. My partner and I have seen a significant increase in our bills since our Genesis plan rolled over, so we’re on the hunt for a better deal. Here’s a bit about our situation:
– Central Auckland, 1022 postcode
– 2 people in the house
– Heat pump heating
– Plumbed gas and gas hob
– Gas continuous hot water
– Broadband included for $90/month
If anyone can help break down bills/usage or recommend a broker service, that would be amazing! I’ve attached our latest bills for reference.
Any suggestions or insights on where to find the best deals for our situation would be greatly appreciated. Let’s help each other out and save some money on those energy bills! 🌿💡
Thanks in advance for any advice you can offer!
It is horribly confusing. I don’t think the comparison tools make it any easier as they give different results for the same usage. I link two MoneyHub guides below that are helping lots of people, with the disclaimer that Genesis is a client, but we include EVERYONE (other than those who didn’t like our results who asked to be excluded) and make it as transparent as possible. The main comparison guide now gets 25,000+ search users a month, and people like it, so I want to share it.
[https://www.moneyhub.co.nz/power-company-comparison.html](https://www.moneyhub.co.nz/power-company-comparison.html) – a huge amount of work goes into this, and it has an XLS you can download and use to narrow the search
[https://www.moneyhub.co.nz/power-broadband-bundles.html](https://www.moneyhub.co.nz/power-broadband-bundles.html) – more work, with a clear result.
We’ve written a lot, but it’s working well, and you can trust the process by reading our methodology.
Wishing you the best and thanks for posting.
Chris
It’s very complicated. If you want the best deal you have to know your usage data and get rates from each provider’s website (some you have to request a quote), then spreadsheet it all accounting for night rates and bundle internet deals. In my experience, the bundle deals didn’t matter as much as the difference in power rates
you are a really low user overall it is evident from the data present on the bill itself.
there is a website run by consumer which is independent and although they also get kickbacks similar to Moneyhub, they are more independent.
Given your low usage, I would look strongly at Frank Energy and yes they are a sister company to Genesis, they have some of the lowest daily rates in the industry.
ask Genesis or download from the app/website your half hour usage data, which is available, I do it all the time.
Shop around, and if you have to call a power company dont do it Monday morning or Friday morning unless you have 2-3 hours to wait. You can get through to the IRD quicker.
The three that I am looking at are Flick, Mercury open plan, and Contact free weekends plan. I think Contact is gonna win for us.