Table 6.1: Surveyed switching rates — energy company or plan in the past 12 months

Rates of switching in the last 12 months by State

  NEM*   VIC   NSW   ACT   SA   SEQ  
  2018 2019 2018 2019 2018 2019 2018 2019 2018 2019 2018 2019
Electricity company 0.19 0.18 0.28 0.11 0.15 0.09 0.19 0.14 0.12 0.24 0.1
Electricity plan 0.17 0.14 0.16 0.13 0.19 0.17 0.05 0.09 0.05 0.18 0.08
Gas company 0.3 0.2 - 0.22 - 0.24 - 0 - 0.11 - 0.05
Gas plan 0.24 0.1 0.12 0.07 0.1 0.07
TOTAL Gas Company and/or Plan 0.33 0.27 0.29 0.3 0.21
*Note: NEM data for this question excludes businesses in TAS and ROQ.

Source: 2019 Retail Competition Review - Small business survey report, Colmar Brunton, p. 52.