How Upgrading Your Appliances Could Slash Your Bills

Key points

• Research from Compare the Market has found that choosing energy-efficient appliances can significantly lower household power bills. Pool pumps show the largest gap, with low-rated models costing about $503 more a year than high-rated ones.
• Washing machines follow with a gap of about $362 a year. Dishwashers show the smallest gap, at about $51.
• The cost gap also varies by state, with South Australia recording the largest total difference and the Northern Territory the smallest.