Power choices in New South Wales

NSW has introduced full retail contestability in the electricity market so all
customers can choose from nine electricity retailers. NSW customers have
a lot of choice, including the two market leaders: Australian Inland and
Origin Energy.

The retailers available in NSW, in rank order are:

Australian Inland (1)
Origin Energy (2)
Integral Energy (3)
Aus Power (4) (for larger customers, >4GWh pa)
Country Energy (5)
Energy Australia (6)
Ergon Energy (7)
ActewAGL Retail (8)
AGL (9)

Green Power products available in NSW:

100% new Green Power to replace 100% energy use:
Green Earth Solar (Origin) and Green Earth Plus (Origin)

100% new Green Power to replace up to 100% energy use:

Green Energy (Australian Inland)
Hampton Wind Power (Integral Energy)
Wyuna Water Power (Integral Energy)

Compliant with Green Power accreditation:

Country Green (Country Energy)
GreenChoice (ActewAGL)
AGL Green Energy (AGL)
Pure Energy (EnergyAustralia)

Partially (30%) Green Power accredited (70% is from old generation):

Green Earth Extra (Origin Energy)
Green Earth (Origin Energy)

NOT Green Power Accredited:

The Commonwealth Government has set a mandatory renewable energy
target of an additional two percent of electricity to be sourced from
renewable energy by 2010. All electricity retailers are required to meet this obligation by purchasing Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) from renewable energy generators. Retailers are not allowed to count the RECs as part of their Green Power sales.

Green Future (EnergyAustralia) and Clean Air Energy (EnergyAustralia):
Customers should be aware that these two renewable energy products are
NOT accredited because they are not additional to Renewable Energy
Certificates (RECS).

For information about the National Green Power Accreditation Program, visit the Green Power website.