Any Aussies using Aurora electricity meters?

I have heard about these pay-as-you-go electricity meters with the company Aurora (in Australia), but never heard of anyone actually using them and was wondering if anyone out there does and do you think it is better than paying a quarterly bill to the electricity companies? How does it work?





Thanks for any relevant answers.|||Yes, it works fine.Aurora is the supplier of electricity in my home State (Tasmania),.The home owner has the option of being connected in the usual manner and being billed quarterly or being connected Pay-as -you-go which simply entails a minor modification to your meter box to allow a credit card type pre- pay card to slip into a slot and the customer simply slips the card into the reader to "top up" top up their account, much the same way as you would use an eftpos or atm. credit is purchased at participating stores (newsagents, government offices, post offices etc) and credited to the "smart card" which is used by the customer in their meter box at home. There is little chance of running out of power as each account is automatically credited with a given amount of emergency power and users are guaranteed not to have the power shut off after hours. Mostly the power usage rate is attached to your hot water tariff so it is usually cheaper usage, but the daily rates vary to the normal , i believe. Some find it useful for their budget as they can pay exactly what they want each pay day on their bill and know what they are expending on their power bill each week, rather than find out at the end of each quarter, The meters have a running tally on them so you know exactly where you are with your usage and how much of your amount is left, so you know exactly when you need to top up and if you have money left or are into the emergency funds.


Although I do not personally use this method, many of my family and friends do and they seem quite happy with it.





see http://www.auroraenergy.com.au/