Easy Way to Save Your Electricity Bill
I just grabbed some letter from my mailbox, and find out there is another electricity Bill from EnergyAustralia. It looks like how much it cost me this quarter is pretty much the same with last bill. Which is a bit weird, because i have tried to do some energy saving including changing same light bulbs, which for sure will reduce my electricity usage this quarter.
After checking more from the bill detail, i find out that there is actually 3 kinds of energy rate: Off peak, Shoulder, and Peak time rate.
So here is simple tips to save your electricity bill by understanding how EnergyAustralia charge us: Try to reduce your energy usage from peak time because the rate is very expensive.
| Time ( For Residential NSW) | Rate ( Excluding GST) |
| Peak (2pm-8pm working weekdays) (cents/kWh) : | 27.50 |
| Shoulder (7am-2pm and 8pm-10pm working weekdays and 7am-10pm on weekends and public holidays) (cents/kWh) | 9.9 |
| Off Peak (All other times) (cents/kWh) | 5.5 |
You can see from the electricity cost table above, the rate for peak time is around 3 times more expensive than shoulder rate and 5 times more expensive than the of peak time. So if you can reduce your electricity appliances during this peak time, for sure you can expect lot of reduction in your next electricity bill.