{"id":15838,"date":"2017-07-12T01:28:30","date_gmt":"2017-07-12T01:28:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ala.asn.au\/?p=15838"},"modified":"2019-11-19T00:01:45","modified_gmt":"2019-11-19T00:01:45","slug":"shopping-around-for-a-better-energy-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ala.asn.au\/shopping-around-for-a-better-energy-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Shopping around for a better energy deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LYg5HMhOZ6Q\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h5>Additional resources<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aer.gov.au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Australian Energy Regulator<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aer.gov.au\/node\/10925#State_and_territory_government_switching_sites\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Australian Energy Regulator, Switching sites<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.energymadeeasy.gov.au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Energy Made Easy<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Price comparator websites<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Government<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.switchon.vic.gov.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Switch On Victoria<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yourchoice.vic.gov.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Your choice <\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Commercial sites<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/electricitywizard.com.au\/\">http:\/\/electricitywizard.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/youcompare.com.au\/\">http:\/\/youcompare.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/energy.iselect.com.au\/\">http:\/\/energy.iselect.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Other useful contact information<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Indigenous Info line 1300\u00a0303\u00a0143<\/p>\n<p>For information in languages other than English call 13\u00a01450 and ask for 1300\u00a0585\u00a0165<\/p>\n<p>Speak and Listen users phone 1300 555 727 and ask for 1300\u00a0585\u00a0165<\/p>\n<p>TTY users phone 13\u00a03677 and ask for 1300\u00a0585\u00a0165<\/p>\n<p>Internet relay users connect to the National Relay Service (www.relayservice.com.au) and ask for 1300\u00a0585\u00a0165<\/p>\n<h5>Related fact sheets<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ala.asn.au\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/FS17.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fact sheet 17: Shopping around for a better energy deal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Additional resources Australian Energy Regulator Australian Energy Regulator, Switching sites Energy Made Easy Price comparator websites Government Switch On Victoria Your choice Commercial sites http:\/\/electricitywizard.com.au http:\/\/youcompare.com.au http:\/\/energy.iselect.com.au Other useful contact information Indigenous Info line 1300\u00a0303\u00a0143 For information in languages other than English call 13\u00a01450 and ask for 1300\u00a0585\u00a0165 Speak and Listen users phone 1300 555 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":854,"featured_media":12038,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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