Hell I remember back in 93 we moved into our new home and had to wait 3 days for electricity so we slept, read, and basically cooked food off the fireplace.

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    4 months ago

    then you pick an energy provider

    Wait, you guys get multiple choices?

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      4 months ago

      Its a source of annoyance because multiple times a week we have salesmen coming to the door trying to get us to switch providers. Also internet.

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      4 months ago

      Well in NZ we have one big electric network and a system for how load is balanced and payments flow between generators and companies supplying to users of the power.

      So while there are exceptions, in general we can choose any company, of which there are about 40.

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        4 months ago

        And there are some big differences. Genesis charges me nothing extra for 3 phase. Some companies charge 3x the fixed fee for 3 phase.