That new 18c FiT is nice, but my grandfathered AGL 20c is still better. It does come pretty close in my spreadsheet.
Nice to know there is options for when the 2 years ends!
I've got that too, currently. All it took to get it was to threaten to leave, actually leave and then to be called back with an offer of a 20c FIT on the SolarBoost plan. :)
Did the numbers from the post and it looks better than my AGL 20c plan expiring this year.
Do you think you could sign up for that 20c FIT without joining and then leaving again?
I have come off an AGL tariff in the past (years ago). There was no warning. You are moved on to some generic tariff.
You can switch tariff again via their website, which I did at the time.
For me, Wattever lists Dodo as the best deal. However, it seems to combine the daily rate from the market offer with the solar feed in rate of the standing offer. Basically an unachievable option.
Wattever is the one you're looking for. It's better than energymadeeasy because it factors in solar.
Note: It currently recommends Energy Australia Solar Max to me, followed by Momentum Enery Solar Step Up in QLD.
Wattever doesn't appear to understand the fine print though.
From Energy Australia website: "If your average solar export for your billing period is more than 15kWh per day, you may become ineligible for the Solar Max plan"
This is the Wattever page on EA plans:
https://i.imgur.com/AdNsSIW.png
Didn't see this, but I put in my export as 2000 kwh in 91 days (22kwh/day), so presumably it can work out not to offer that plan to me.
I realise it's extra work and plans are always changing and you already seem to do the best work so no sweat. Just warning some people in case they take it at face value.
I export 4x what I use and usually get a call back. They are probably just really busy :) You may need to call them.
Despite it being 34c/kWh, it's still the cheapest plan on the market for someone that produces 2x or more the energy they consume such as myself.
If it keeps going up like this it may eventually be worthwhile getting a battery.
Energy locals had a 'membership charge' ($13/month or $18/month) which is actually where your daily charge went. Add the membership charge in to your daily charge when running the numbers.
$13/month is 43.3c/day. 79.2 + 43.3 = 122.5c/day
And then they only give 10.2c for first 10kWh/day, which everyone will likely get. Then it's 6c.
So effectively, you get that 4.2c * 10kWh every day (42c), which almost cancels out the membership fee. But really the feed-in tariff is 6c then.
Demand charge is fairly complicated and not related to Red Energy. It is usually more expensive than not having it.
By the way, once you move to demand charge, you are on it forever I believe.
To make it simpler to read the charges, I like to remove the 'solar steps' because everyone will be getting that 5KWH day anyway.
Adjusted without solar steps:
Solar – 5 c/KWH
CL2 17.468 c/KWH
Off Peak 18.48 c/KWH
Peak 18.48 c/KWH
Demand 11 c/KW/day
Service to Property Charge $0.61 per Day
Thanks. I didn't know there were still providers that don't have Demand/TOU. Must be a small pool though.
I have the smart meter but I will still avoid moving on to Demand/TOU as long as possible as it doesn't seem to work out better for me on AGL.
I understand it's better for people with a battery or EV. But that isn't many people.
It's the same plan. Just uncapped vs capped.
Energy Made Easy doesn't make some of the conditions very clear, like discounts, promotions and caps.
Documentation I received stated maximum 10kW export :/
Yes, I've seen that but the plan is actually uncapped they've assured.
They all have retentions teams but I don't think they are offering higher FiT right now. Origin will give you uncapped FiT though.
Yeah the 20c is only for people who signed up about 1-2 years ago and didn't change their plan. I'm still on this 20c deal and can't find anything even close to it yet due to my high export and low import.
I've got the demand charges now since they installed their own smart meter. Automatically transitioned me.
At least they have left me on 20c FiT.
AGL moved me on to Demand pricing but my peak pricing fell. Not sure if this is still a good deal.
Is there any reason to keep T33 if general usage is cheaper?
https://i.imgur.com/xvtoGGm.png
Charges Tariff inc. GST
General Usage 22.704 c/kWh
T33 controlled load+ 26.037 c/kWh
CL33 supply charge 3.575 c/day
Solar metering charge 8.525 c/day
Supply charge 116.908 c/day
Demand price 12.364 c/KW/day
Charges Tariff exc. GST
Feed-in tariff 20 c/kWh
I'm still on the 20c AGL deal but they added demand charges so my bills aren't negative anymore. Anyone know of a better plan available with high FiT?
AGL told me the rates are going up 30% for electricity and 10% for daily charge. The new rates are scary!
At least they kept me on 20c/kWh feed in tariff.
FiT = 15c/kWh (up to 15kWh/day) from 1 July
So Energy Australia is increasing from 10c to 15c tomorrow?
My AGL 20c FiT deal keeps getting extended too. My power usage has doubled since I signed up but it still seems to give better results than switching (cheaper than Origin and Engie).
Why do these provider grandfather high FiT plans despite no requirement for them to do so?