Demand Tariffs in the news

It's been good to see ABC News publishing a series of articles about how the authorities are bungling electricity tariff reform in Australia by pushing energy consumers onto so-called 'cost-reflective' tariffs but failing to explain the context for this and failing to educate energy consumers on how to manage these new billing practices they are now being exposed to.

Bill Hero was pleased to contribute to today's news story about the fast-accelerating deployment of Demand Tariffs onto unprepared energy consumers.

Charged a month for ‘moment’ of demand: Consumers angry at ‘mysterious’ power tariffs

Across Australia, huge numbers of consumers are slowly waking up to the presence of mysterious new power charges on their bills.

ABC NewsDaniel Mercer and Wiriya Sati

But this story missed the main point we wanted to make, which is that the official government comparison sites Energy Made Easy and Victoria Energy Compare cannot calculate a Demand Tariff bill comparison for energy consumers.

Energy Made Easy and Victoria Energy Compare cannot help energy consumers with demand Tariffs

As the transition to cost-reflective tariffs accelerates, energy consumers cannot get the help they need from any of the official channels.

Bill Hero is still the only comparison service in Australia that can calculate a Demand Tariff bill comparison for energy consumers.

Energy Made Easy can’t calculate Demand comparisons

Energy Made Easy and Vic Energy Compare cannot calculate a Demand tariff comparison, so these services are next to useless for energy consumers on Demand tariff plans.

Savings as a ServiceRichard Foxworthy