Essential Energy: Electricity distributor in NSW and QLD

Updated Jul 30, 2020

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Essential Energy is an electricity distributor, which means it doesn't sell energy.

It supplies electricity to more than 800,000 properties in New South Wales and Queensland.

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Name	Electricity availability	Gas availability	Features	Customer service rating	More details	Details
Origin	NSW, VIC, QLD, SA, ACT	NSW, VIC, QLD, SA, ACT, WA	GreenPower Solar Monthly billing Credit card fees	Customer service rating	Go to site More info View details	Customer service rating GreenPower Solar Monthly billing Credit card fees Go to site More info View details	No exit fees or lock-in contracts on most of their market offerings.		loading Fetching your data...
AGL	NSW, VIC, QLD, SA	NSW, VIC, QLD, SA, WA	GreenPower Solar Monthly billing Credit card fees	Customer service rating	Go to site More info View details	Customer service rating GreenPower Solar Monthly billing Credit card fees Go to site More info View details		loading Fetching your data...
Energy Australia	NSW, VIC, QLD, SA, ACT	NSW, VIC, SA, ACT	GreenPower Solar Monthly billing Credit card fees	Customer service rating	Go to site More info View details	Customer service rating GreenPower Solar Monthly billing Credit card fees Go to site More info View details		loading Fetching your data...
Powershop Green Company	NSW, VIC, QLD, SA	VIC	GreenPower Solar Monthly billing	Customer service rating	Enquire now More info View details	Customer service rating GreenPower Solar Monthly billing Enquire now More info View details	2020 Finder Green Award Winner (Traditional brand).		loading Fetching your data...
Energy Locals Green Company	NSW, VIC, QLD, SA, ACT		GreenPower Solar Monthly billing	Customer service rating	Go to site More info View details	Customer service rating GreenPower Solar Monthly billing Go to site More info View details	2020 Finder Green Award Winner (Retail brand)		loading Fetching your data...
Kogan Energy	NSW, VIC, QLD, SA	VIC	Solar Monthly billing	N/A	Go to site More info View details	N/A Solar Monthly billing Go to site More info View details		loading Fetching your data...
Alinta	NSW, VIC, QLD, SA	NSW, VIC, SA, WA	GreenPower Solar Monthly billing	Customer service rating	Enquire now More info View details	Customer service rating GreenPower Solar Monthly billing Enquire now More info View details		loading Fetching your data...
ReAmped Energy	NSW, QLD, SA		Solar Monthly billing Credit card fees	Customer service rating	Go to site More info View details	Customer service rating Solar Monthly billing Credit card fees Go to site More info View details	No fancy discounts or rewards, just low prices. No lock in contracts.		loading Fetching your data...
OVO Energy	NSW, QLD, SA		GreenPower Solar Monthly billing	N/A	Go to site More info View details	N/A GreenPower Solar Monthly billing Go to site More info View details	Carbon-neutral provider with no exit fees. You can also earn interest if you use less than your ‘calculated average’. Go to site to learn more.		loading Fetching your data...
Dodo	NSW, VIC, QLD, SA	NSW, VIC	GreenPower Solar Monthly billing Credit card fees	Customer service rating	Go to site More info View details	Customer service rating GreenPower Solar Monthly billing Credit card fees Go to site More info View details		loading Fetching your data...
Sumo	NSW, VIC, QLD	NSW, VIC	GreenPower Solar Monthly billing Credit card fees	Customer service rating	Go to site More info View details	Customer service rating GreenPower Solar Monthly billing Credit card fees Go to site More info View details		loading Fetching your data...
1st Energy	NSW, VIC, QLD, TAS		GreenPower Solar Monthly billing	Customer service rating	Enquire now More info View details	Customer service rating GreenPower Solar Monthly billing Enquire now More info View details		loading Fetching your data...
Power Direct	NSW, VIC, QLD, SA, ACT		GreenPower Solar Monthly billing Credit card fees	Customer service rating	Enquire now More info View details	Customer service rating GreenPower Solar Monthly billing Credit card fees Enquire now More info View details		loading Fetching your data...
ActewAGL	NSW, ACT	NSW, ACT	GreenPower Solar Monthly billing Credit card fees	Customer service rating	Enquire now More info View details	Customer service rating GreenPower Solar Monthly billing Credit card fees Enquire now More info View details		loading Fetching your data...
Red Energy	NSW, VIC, QLD, SA, ACT	NSW, VIC, QLD, SA	GreenPower Solar Monthly billing	Customer service rating	Enquire now More info View details	Customer service rating GreenPower Solar Monthly billing Enquire now More info View details		loading Fetching your data...
QEnergy	NSW, VIC, QLD, SA		GreenPower Solar Monthly billing	Customer service rating	Enquire now More info View details	Customer service rating GreenPower Solar Monthly billing Enquire now More info View details		loading Fetching your data...
Momentum Energy	NSW, VIC, QLD, SA	VIC	GreenPower Solar Monthly billing	Customer service rating	More info View details	Customer service rating GreenPower Solar Monthly billing More info View details		loading Fetching your data...
Simply Energy	NSW, VIC, QLD, SA	NSW, VIC, SA, WA	GreenPower Solar Monthly billing Credit card fees	Customer service rating	More info View details	Customer service rating GreenPower Solar Monthly billing Credit card fees More info View details		loading Fetching your data...
Enova	NSW		GreenPower Solar Monthly billing Credit card fees	Customer service rating	More info View details	Customer service rating GreenPower Solar Monthly billing Credit card fees More info View details		loading Fetching your data...
Diamond Energy	NSW, VIC, QLD, SA		GreenPower Solar Credit card fees	Customer service rating	More info View details	Customer service rating GreenPower Solar Credit card fees More info View details		loading Fetching your data...
Mojo Power	NSW, QLD		Solar Monthly billing Credit card fees	Customer service rating	More info View details	Customer service rating Solar Monthly billing Credit card fees More info View details		loading Fetching your data...
Amber Electric	NSW, VIC, QLD, SA, ACT		GreenPower Solar Monthly billing	N/A	More info View details	N/A GreenPower Solar Monthly billing More info View details		loading Fetching your data...
CovaU	NSW, VIC	NSW, VIC	GreenPower Solar Monthly billing Credit card fees	Customer service rating	More info View details	Customer service rating GreenPower Solar Monthly billing Credit card fees More info View details		loading Fetching your data...
Powerclub	NSW, VIC, QLD, SA, ACT		Solar Monthly billing	N/A	More info View details	N/A Solar Monthly billing More info View details		loading Fetching your data...
DC Power Co	NSW, VIC, QLD		Solar Monthly billing	N/A	More info View details	N/A Solar Monthly billing More info View details		loading Fetching your data...
Pooled Energy	NSW		Solar Monthly billing Credit card fees	Customer service rating	More info View details	Customer service rating Solar Monthly billing Credit card fees More info View details		loading Fetching your data...
Amaysim	NSW, VIC, QLD, SA	NSW, VIC	Solar Monthly billing Credit card fees	Customer service rating	More info View details	Customer service rating Solar Monthly billing Credit card fees More info View details		loading Fetching your data...

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Name	Electricity availability	Gas availability	Features	Customer service rating	More details	Details
Origin	NSW, VIC, QLD, SA, ACT	NSW, VIC, QLD, SA, ACT, WA	GreenPower Solar Monthly billing Credit card fees	Customer service rating	Go to site More info View details	Customer service rating GreenPower Solar Monthly billing Credit card fees Go to site More info View details	No exit fees or lock-in contracts on most of their market offerings.		loading Fetching your data...
AGL	NSW, VIC, QLD, SA	NSW, VIC, QLD, SA, WA	GreenPower Solar Monthly billing Credit card fees	Customer service rating	Go to site More info View details	Customer service rating GreenPower Solar Monthly billing Credit card fees Go to site More info View details		loading Fetching your data...
Energy Australia	NSW, VIC, QLD, SA, ACT	NSW, VIC, SA, ACT	GreenPower Solar Monthly billing Credit card fees	Customer service rating	Go to site More info View details	Customer service rating GreenPower Solar Monthly billing Credit card fees Go to site More info View details		loading Fetching your data...
Powershop Green Company	NSW, VIC, QLD, SA	VIC	GreenPower Solar Monthly billing	Customer service rating	Enquire now More info View details	Customer service rating GreenPower Solar Monthly billing Enquire now More info View details	2020 Finder Green Award Winner (Traditional brand).		loading Fetching your data...
Energy Locals Green Company	NSW, VIC, QLD, SA, ACT		GreenPower Solar Monthly billing	Customer service rating	Go to site More info View details	Customer service rating GreenPower Solar Monthly billing Go to site More info View details	2020 Finder Green Award Winner (Retail brand)		loading Fetching your data...
Kogan Energy	NSW, VIC, QLD, SA	VIC	Solar Monthly billing	N/A	Go to site More info View details	N/A Solar Monthly billing Go to site More info View details		loading Fetching your data...
Alinta	NSW, VIC, QLD, SA	NSW, VIC, SA, WA	GreenPower Solar Monthly billing	Customer service rating	Enquire now More info View details	Customer service rating GreenPower Solar Monthly billing Enquire now More info View details		loading Fetching your data...
Sumo	NSW, VIC, QLD	NSW, VIC	GreenPower Solar Monthly billing Credit card fees	Customer service rating	Go to site More info View details	Customer service rating GreenPower Solar Monthly billing Credit card fees Go to site More info View details		loading Fetching your data...
1st Energy	NSW, VIC, QLD, TAS		GreenPower Solar Monthly billing	Customer service rating	Enquire now More info View details	Customer service rating GreenPower Solar Monthly billing Enquire now More info View details		loading Fetching your data...
Power Direct	NSW, VIC, QLD, SA, ACT		GreenPower Solar Monthly billing Credit card fees	Customer service rating	Enquire now More info View details	Customer service rating GreenPower Solar Monthly billing Credit card fees Enquire now More info View details		loading Fetching your data...
Dodo	NSW, VIC, QLD, SA	NSW, VIC	GreenPower Solar Monthly billing Credit card fees	Customer service rating	Go to site More info View details	Customer service rating GreenPower Solar Monthly billing Credit card fees Go to site More info View details		loading Fetching your data...
Lumo Energy	VIC, SA	VIC	GreenPower Solar Monthly billing	Customer service rating	Enquire now More info View details	Customer service rating GreenPower Solar Monthly billing Enquire now More info View details		loading Fetching your data...
Red Energy	NSW, VIC, QLD, SA, ACT	NSW, VIC, QLD, SA	GreenPower Solar Monthly billing	Customer service rating	Enquire now More info View details	Customer service rating GreenPower Solar Monthly billing Enquire now More info View details		loading Fetching your data...
QEnergy	NSW, VIC, QLD, SA		GreenPower Solar Monthly billing	Customer service rating	Enquire now More info View details	Customer service rating GreenPower Solar Monthly billing Enquire now More info View details		loading Fetching your data...
Momentum Energy	NSW, VIC, QLD, SA	VIC	GreenPower Solar Monthly billing	Customer service rating	More info View details	Customer service rating GreenPower Solar Monthly billing More info View details		loading Fetching your data...
Simply Energy	NSW, VIC, QLD, SA	NSW, VIC, SA, WA	GreenPower Solar Monthly billing Credit card fees	Customer service rating	More info View details	Customer service rating GreenPower Solar Monthly billing Credit card fees More info View details		loading Fetching your data...
Diamond Energy	NSW, VIC, QLD, SA		GreenPower Solar Credit card fees	Customer service rating	More info View details	Customer service rating GreenPower Solar Credit card fees More info View details		loading Fetching your data...
People Energy	VIC		Solar Monthly billing Credit card fees	Customer service rating	More info View details	Customer service rating Solar Monthly billing Credit card fees More info View details		loading Fetching your data...
Tango Energy	VIC		Solar Monthly billing Credit card fees	Customer service rating	More info View details	Customer service rating Solar Monthly billing Credit card fees More info View details		loading Fetching your data...
GloBird Energy	VIC	VIC	Solar Monthly billing	N/A	More info View details	N/A Solar Monthly billing More info View details		loading Fetching your data...
CovaU	NSW, VIC	NSW, VIC	GreenPower Solar Monthly billing Credit card fees	Customer service rating	More info View details	Customer service rating GreenPower Solar Monthly billing Credit card fees More info View details		loading Fetching your data...
Powerclub	NSW, VIC, QLD, SA, ACT		Solar Monthly billing	N/A	More info View details	N/A Solar Monthly billing More info View details		loading Fetching your data...
DC Power Co	NSW, VIC, QLD		Solar Monthly billing	N/A	More info View details	N/A Solar Monthly billing More info View details		loading Fetching your data...
Elysian Energy	VIC		Solar Monthly billing Credit card fees	N/A	More info View details	N/A Solar Monthly billing Credit card fees More info View details		loading Fetching your data...
Amaysim	VIC		Solar Monthly billing Credit card fees	Customer service rating	More info View details	Customer service rating Solar Monthly billing Credit card fees More info View details		loading Fetching your data...

Compare up to 4 providers

Name	Electricity availability	Gas availability	Features	Customer service rating	More details	Details
Origin	NSW, VIC, QLD, SA, ACT	NSW, VIC, QLD, SA, ACT, WA	GreenPower Solar Monthly billing Credit card fees	Customer service rating	Go to site More info View details	Customer service rating GreenPower Solar Monthly billing Credit card fees Go to site More info View details	No exit fees or lock-in contracts on most of their market offerings.		loading Fetching your data...
AGL	NSW, VIC, QLD, SA	NSW, VIC, QLD, SA, WA	GreenPower Solar Monthly billing Credit card fees	Customer service rating	Go to site More info View details	Customer service rating GreenPower Solar Monthly billing Credit card fees Go to site More info View details		loading Fetching your data...
Energy Australia	NSW, VIC, QLD, SA, ACT	NSW, VIC, SA, ACT	GreenPower Solar Monthly billing Credit card fees	Customer service rating	Go to site More info View details	Customer service rating GreenPower Solar Monthly billing Credit card fees Go to site More info View details		loading Fetching your data...
Powershop Green Company	NSW, VIC, QLD, SA	VIC	GreenPower Solar Monthly billing	Customer service rating	Enquire now More info View details	Customer service rating GreenPower Solar Monthly billing Enquire now More info View details	2020 Finder Green Award Winner (Traditional brand).		loading Fetching your data...
Energy Locals Green Company	NSW, VIC, QLD, SA, ACT		GreenPower Solar Monthly billing	Customer service rating	Go to site More info View details	Customer service rating GreenPower Solar Monthly billing Go to site More info View details	2020 Finder Green Award Winner (Retail brand)		loading Fetching your data...
Kogan Energy	NSW, VIC, QLD, SA	VIC	Solar Monthly billing	N/A	Go to site More info View details	N/A Solar Monthly billing Go to site More info View details		loading Fetching your data...
Alinta	NSW, VIC, QLD, SA	NSW, VIC, SA, WA	GreenPower Solar Monthly billing	Customer service rating	Enquire now More info View details	Customer service rating

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Essential Energy: Electricity distributor

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