04/07/2013
By: Silver Asset Services General Manager; David Reid There are many benefits to bulk energy and water supply. Everyone saves money, residents only pay for what they use and owners have an attractive asset that offers lower energy costs than dwellings on tariff. It’s important to note that, like most things […]
07/06/2013
Last month we noted that the Queensland Competition Authority (QCA) had recommended large increases in both electricity consumption charges and service fees. Unfortunately from there, the news only got worse, as price hikes came in higher than the recommendations. The bottom line result is an increase of around 23 […]
09/04/2013
Electricity prices are set to soar in the next budget year as the cost of our election promised fuelled price freeze catches up with Queensland residential customers. That’s the headline news coming out of the draft resolution released by the Queensland Competition Authority (QCA) recently. Our booming population and […]
05/02/2013
Many strata communities in Australia purchase their electricity via bulk supply contracts. All too often these contracts are put up for review with a couple of months to run and, even worse, are sometimes not reviewed until they have already expired. As with most contracts, your electricity supplier will move […]
04/02/2013
It will come as no shock (pardon the pun) to electricity consumers that prices have risen dramatically over the last three years. Electricity prices have risen by an average of 35% across the country and NSW residents are particularly feeling the pinch, as their prices have gone up a whopping […]
16/01/2013
SAS has received a number of body corporate enquiries recently about moving from tariff to a market contract. Changes that took effect from July 1st require all large customers in QLD to move to a market contract. While the uptake rate has been slow up to this point, retailers are […]
15/01/2013
Bulk supply contracts offer large consumers the opportunity to purchase electricity at substantially discounted rates. The offer looks very attractive when community managers see peak consumption rates as low as $0.06 per kWh in peak periods. On face value this would represent a saving of up to 75%, however this […]
15/12/2012
It seems that every time I turn on the television there is another current affairs program highlighting the rising cost of energy and offering up ways for consumers to save by joining together and purchasing as a group. While the media has given the concept a shot in the arm […]
15/09/2012
We all know it is coming and we’ve spent months, even years, debating its effectiveness and whether the Government will survive long enough to see it implemented. Well now it’s here and the only question left is ‘how much’. Love it or loathe it, the biggest question on everyone’s lips […]