Western Australia Home Stories Winter 2026

Trish from Mandurah (left) highly recommends booking an assessment and has found significant savings already. Resident Review: How Energy Ahead helped me

Worried about your electricity bills? Energy Ahead is a free WA Government program aimed to help households reduce their electricity bills. How Energy Ahead can help Energy advice: Personalised advice over the phone, online, or at home. Free home energy check: A 2-hour assessment to find exactly where you can save power. Free energy-saving items: get free items like pedestal fans, heated throws, clothes airers, or LED light globes. Free appliance replacement: Some eligible households may get inefficient appliances replaced for free. Who is eligible? All Synergy customers who are on a low income or are experiencing financial stress are eligible. How to apply Find your Synergy Account Number Visit the website www.thefwc.org.au/ energyahead ; or call (08) 6253 3500 Energy Ahead Program: Free support to lower your bills

"At first, we thought we knew a lot about how to save on power. Then after discussing it at length, we said why not contact Energy Ahead? We both might learn something. So, we booked in for a home visit. Adam from Energy Ahead turned up and showed us a few things we knew already like the type of globes we should use and doing the washing, drying or dishwashing out of peak use times. Adam then showed us how to keep track of our power through our account on Synergy website (amazing) we didn't know about that. Then came the big user for us - cooling and heating. Shock horror, we knew nothing! What a game changer for us to find out by using the dry or humidifier setting on your air conditioning control you can keep your place cool or warm and cut over 50% of your power usage WOW! We even received a low wattage electric rug as a freebee worth over $100. We were so happy we decided to do this. 10 months on and we've saved more than $300 on cooling and heating! All I can say is Do it!"

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