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    Posted: 10 September 2009 at 10:40pm
we switched from contact to mercury recently because the rates were cheaper, but our bills aren't really any different    

i've just got a flyer in the mail today about powershop and was wondering if anyone here uses them and what they think of it....not really sure how it works yet but if it saves us money, then i'm all for it!!

we currently use our major appliances at night (after 10pm) like dryer and dishwasher, water heats overnight and our rates are day 21.60c, night 8.36c and daily fixed charge 85.53

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yep we do... I don't know anything about it as DH is in charge of it, but he likes it and I think it saves us money....
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we got that in the mail today - looks really interesting. Using the calculator they have it says we will save money - but do people who are on it actually save?
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We switched to Powershop in april and for the first month, we saved $50 compared to being with Meridian. Our bills over the winter have been larger this year, but it is also the first winter with a baby and me being at home for half of the winter. I haven't had time to sit down and calculate the savings over the past three months, but I like the fact you can update the meter readings yourself online and know how much you're using each day.
Our average unit charge has been about 19c of the winter and there is no daily fixed fee. I think it's great and it was so easily to switch. If you don't like it, you have 60 days to switch back to your previous provider, no hassle.

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jack_&_charli - did you end up swaping to powershop?
Im a little confused with powershop - are there two ways to do it? one way like normal power company and just let it do its thing, and another way where you buy credits of power or something? I saw there facebook sight which seems to give people the option of getting cheap bundles of power?
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yep we did switch and are saving money! yay!
you just buy power in bundles as you need to or spend a certain amount for the month.
our power bills were $250-300 and now we are spending about $200

all you need to do is sign up and they do the rest, easy as! just remember to enter your meter reading often so you get an acurate balance

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hmmmm interesting to know. our power bills at our new place have $150-$100 more then our old place

im looking for anything that will help us with the power bill (it also seems to get on top of us!) and this sounds like what we need
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