You have the Power
Some of you noticed, some of you didn’t. But a couple of weeks ago on July 1, your power bill went up. In Queensland, it went up by an average of almost $200 a year.
Australia gave Tony Abbott a mandate last September to abolish the Carbon Tax on the basis it would reduce our power bills.
Clive Palmer has now bought in with amendments to ensure power savings are passed on to all Australians, but the power companies say the repeal won’t necessarily translate into power discounts.
Read: political football. Read: don’t hold your breath. Read: look at other ways to save because no government can be relied on to do it for you.
Sometimes it is so easy, it’s ridiculous. I know because I just did it. Go to your dashboard, check out our Electricity offers, see if they’re right for you, and then make one call to your existing provider.
Tell them straight out you can get a no-strings-attached, ongoing discount on both usage and supply charges by switching to Click, for example. I did.
Within moments I was transferred to a representative who offered to double my current discount if I agreed to stay. But I had to ask for it.
For now, I have decided to stay with my existing provider. Not as good as the FiftyUp Club offer, but I decided in the end that I wanted my electricity and gas billed by the same provider … an arrangement which works for me.
Yes, I had to agree to a two-year contract, and yes, there is an exit fee if I switch, but I weighed everything up and decided to stay … for now.
Since prices rose around the country and some states did away with regulated tariffs on July 1, it’s very important you don’t just keep paying your bills without checking whether you can save by signing up to another market offer.
It all comes down to Power. They (Governments and Retailers) may provide it … but ultimately, we the payers of the bills, the demographic with the ability to pay, and the FiftyUp Club’s 90,000 members, have the Power to make a difference.
