Ever had a sales person representing a power retail company knocking on the door wanting to show how better off you’d be if you switched over to their company and then blinding you with their informed offers of higher percentage discounts, lower kWh rates, lower daily service rates etc etc. They would then have you off searching for the latest power bill and you, being up-to-date with all the latest jargon?, can confidently say whether or not they are correct yes! or are you? Well, now you can compare ‘apples with apples’ by using the power calculator app below.
 


Power Calculator
ex GST: check if ex GST values
New offer
New retailer:
Date:
Primary rate ¢/kWh:
¢
Step 2 rate ¢/kWh:
¢
Step 2 cut-off:
kWh
Shoulder rate ¢/kWh:
¢
Controlled load rate ¢/kWh:
¢
Service charge ¢/day:
¢
Retailer fee $/mth:
$
Retailer bonus $/mth:
ⓘ

For a more accurate compare add the following,
if known, to the monthly bonus being offered:
refer a friend, and the
welcome credit.
$
FiT ¢/kWh:
¢
OTP on Usage + Service:
%
OTP on Usage only:
%

Current power bill
Current retailer:
Date:
Days billed:
days
Primary rate ¢/kWh:
¢
Prime Usage:
kWh
Power step 2 add step 2 values...
Power shoulder shoulder values...
Controlled load add controlled load...
Service charge ¢/day:
¢
Retailer Fee $/mth:
$
New rates annual rate increase...
Solar I have PVs...
FiT ¢/kWh:
¢
Power to the Grid:
kWh
FiT new ¢/kWh:
¢
Power to the Grid new:
kWh
Past credit amount(inc GST):
$
Discounts
Retailer Bonus $/mth:
ⓘ

For a more accurate compare or bill match add the following
to the monthly bonus being offered:
refer a friend,
interest reward, and the
welcome credit.
$
OTP on Usage + Service:
%
OTP on Usage only:
%
Pensioner discount:
%

Begin by punching in their figures to the ‘New offer’ fields and then entering your current power retailer’s figures (refer to a current power bill) into the ‘Current power’ bill fields.

  • Check the ‘ex GST’ box if entering excluding GST values otherwise the values being entered are inc GST. ‘Past credit amount’ always includes GST.
  • Press ‘Save’ to save the data entered.
  • Press ‘Run’ to display the results.

The results screen shows text in green as being the better of the two offers whereas the other is in red.
OTP is the On Time Payment discount.
Note: Even though every attempt was made to make the results as accurate as possible, the final total could vary slightly from that shown on the power bill.