Pulse Energy Review
Pulse Energy is a community-owned energy company, supplying electricity, gas, solar and broadband services to households and businesses throughout NZ.
Being independent enables Pulse Energy to purchase the best-priced generation on the market and pass the benefits on to its customers. It’s able to supply energy across the whole of New Zealand, providing energy to over 80,000 homes.
Pulse Energy also supports local communities and is a proud partner of both the Highlanders and Crusaders Super Rugby teams.
What’s on offer from Pulse Energy?
As a Pulse Energy customer, you enjoy a low price up-front price and no long-term contracts. Pulse also offers:
- All Energy Discount: combine your electricity and LPG/natural gas to receive a discount
- No mark-up on network services
- No early termination fee with 30 days’ notice
- solarZero: access solar power, home automation and batteries under one simple energy supply arrangement
- 20% off South Island rugby Super Rugby games
Customer service
Pulse provides a range of information on its services via its website. Consumers can contact Pulse by phone and email. There is also the option of submitting a contact form via Pulse’s website. “At Pulse Energy, we are dedicated to looking after our customers and providing the best service we can,” Pulse states.
Account management
Pulse’s My Account service allows customers to access their accounts via the Pulse website. Pulse states that it allows “customers to keep track of their power bills and make payments online”.
Via My Account, customers can:
- View their account balance
- Pay their account online
- View their bills
- Retrieve, forward or print the bills they want
- Contact Pulse with any questions they may have about their account
Pulse’s account payment options include:
- Direct debit
- My Account
- SmoothPay – spreading electricity payments evenly throughout the year, so customers pay the same amount for their power bill each month
- In person at an NZ Post shop
- Automatic fixed payment – paying a fixed amount by setting up a monthly automatic bank payment
- Internet banking
- Credit card
- BNZ branch – making a deposit into Pulse’s bank account
- Telephone banking
Note: Details are correct at 15/06/23.
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