Got a letter from my power company yesterday pointing out that I might be better on another plan as I was a low user of electricity (not low enough for my liking!). I checked out the pricing and they’re right – I could save about $60 a year by changing price plan. While I was pricing I decided to check on http://www.consumer.org.nz/powerswitch/ to see if there was a cheaper company. Powerswitch is an independent pricing review service carried out by the Consumers Institute. You just enter your last bill details into their calculator and they search the power companies for you. I also tried Powershop given all their advertising on TV but it’s cheaper for me to stay with my company and change plans than go with Powershop.
So I’ve changed my pricing plan. Now I need to keep working on reducing my electricity consumption. We turn all our appliances off, we only have lights on when necessary (Earth hour wasn’t a big deal for us), we wash in cold water, our fridge/freezer is always full for power efficiency…… I think it might be time for a timer in the shower J