Learn more about Electricity and Gas Comparison in Adelaide
Average Adelaide households could save from $244 to $917 annually by comparison with the Top 3 Electricity and Gas Providers in Adelaide
SA Power Networks is Adelaide’s electricity distributor, managing the infrastructure that delivers power to your home or business. They’re responsible for:
- Maintaining power lines and poles
- Managing emergency responses during outages
- Installing and maintaining meters
- Ensuring reliable power distribution across the network
- Setting network tariff types and transfer rules
While SA Power Networks handles the distribution, you have the freedom to choose from any energy providers who compete to offer you the best rates and services.
Single rate tariffs
If you are on Single Rate, it means that you are charged a flat rate for your electricity usage, no matter what time of day or night you are using it.
Time of use tariffs
If you’re on Time of Use, it means that the price of electricity (or the tariff you are charged) varies by time of day. It is more expensive to use electricity at peak times, and there are significant discounts for using electricity at other times.
If you’re on Time of Use, SA Power Networks has three different periods that apply during the day.
Note, your electricity provider may offer different time periods than the ones noted below.
Peak period
- 6:00am – 10:00am and 3:00pm – 1:00am
These are traditionally the times of highest demand and when electricity costs the most.
Off peak
- 1:00am – 6:00am
Pricing applied for a five-hour off-peak block every day, usually overnight.
Solar sponge
- 10:00am – 3:00pm
Also sometimes known as ‘shoulder’: This is usually the cheapest time to use energy – in the middle of the day when solar generation is typically at its highest.
Demand tariffs Demand tariffs by default if customers with smart meters are assigned to network and may instead switch to time of use if they choose. Recently the AER limited the right of your energy provider to pass this network tariff through to you,
If you have one of these tariffs, we can compare electricity providers Adelaide for you.
Adelaide’s sunny climate makes it ideal for solar energy adoption. Many providers offer specialized solar plans with attractive feed-in tariffs.
Solar Plans and Feed-in Tariffs
Top 3 and best solar provider in Brisbane offer the following feed-in tariffs:
- Origin Energy: 4 cents/kWh feed-in tariff
- AGL: 4 cents/kWh feed-in tariff
- Energy Australia: 4.5 cents/kWh feed-in tariff
- Best solar Feed in provider: 11 cents/kWh feed-in tariff
For more detailed analysis of solar plans, see here.
Click here to learn how Adelaide residents can also benefit from South Australia’s solar incentives.
Most customers stay with the same energy provider too long and pay the loyalty tax. Our unique electricity online portal takes the hassle out of switching. Our customers on average switch twice a year and get big extra savings from doing so.
It’s dead easy to switch. You get details of cheapest energy provider Adelaide and simple 3 step instructions to complete your switch. Signing up just takes a few minutes.
If you have a smart meter you can choose from different tariff options.
If you have a smart meter it is quicker to complete the switch, otherwise the switch will be completed when your meter is read whether your Electricity Supply is in the SA Power Networks area or gas with Australian Gas Networks.
ISelect are the market leader in comparing energy plans in Adelaide and regional South Australia but as we show in our recent article, they often don’t have the cheapest electricity suppliers Adelaide or the cheapest gas suppliers Adelaide because they only compare for the companies that pay them. The energy companies don’t allow them to switch you again when a cheaper price is available as we do. Our electricity tariff comparison tool is always checking for the cheapest deal. Get every offer from every company compared. We don’t accept commissions or payments or inducements from energy companies. We only work for you.