Free power hours may not so free...

A simple one from me today - power. New Zealand has a lot of power companies with a plethora of plans, which always amuses me because all the generator/retailers are majority government owned, and are basically competing with the same, identical product. 

Which makes it all the less amusing when there's stark differences in the annual cost of power when I did the homework across all the major retailers. The retailers with gimmicks of free power and "EV" plans end up being far more expensive than just the stock standard power options. 

So don't be fooled by offers of free - get the Excel out, and do the maths, it might literally save you a grand.