If your old electricity company soon stops trying to persuade you to resume buying power from them again, it won't be anything personal. ​Electricity companies would be banned from trying to "win back" customers who switched to a rival retailer for 180 days, under a proposal put forward by the Electricity Authority. The Electricity Authority now has the task of working out exactly how such restrictions should be implemented. 123RF Power users who consume more than 8000 kilowatts of power a year are expected to benefit from other changes, but those who use less will lose out. 123RF Don't touch for 180 days after flicking the switch, would be the message to power companies.

Source: Stuff November 04, 2019 22:18 UTC