# Electricity price and plan changes this week: Sydney, Melbourne

**Use case:** 

Electricity plans that changed (prices, fees or terms), launched or were withdrawn in the last 7 days at Sydney (2000, NSW) and Melbourne (3000, VIC), retailer by retailer: old and new daily supply charge, usage rates and solar feed-in tariff. Add your own postcodes, or tick Gas for gas plans too. Schedule it with changedSince "last-run" for a weekly change feed.

## Input

```json
{
  "mode": "changes",
  "postcodes": [
    "2000",
    "3000"
  ],
  "fuelTypes": [
    "ELECTRICITY"
  ],
  "customerType": "RESIDENTIAL",
  "planTypes": [],
  "brands": [],
  "features": [
    "noDemandCharges"
  ],
  "annualKwh": 4000,
  "peakShare": 0.35,
  "shoulderShare": 0.25,
  "offPeakShare": 0.4,
  "solarExportKwh": 0,
  "gasAnnualMj": 25000,
  "sortBy": "estimate_asc",
  "maxItems": 300,
  "maxAgeHours": 36,
  "includeRaw": false
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "observedAt": {
    "label": "Seen",
    "format": "date"
  },
  "event": {
    "label": "Change",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "brandName": {
    "label": "Retailer",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "displayName": {
    "label": "Plan",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "fuelType": {
    "label": "Fuel",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "oldDailySupplyCharge": {
    "label": "Old supply",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "newDailySupplyCharge": {
    "label": "New supply",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "oldRates": {
    "label": "Old rates",
    "format": "object"
  },
  "newRates": {
    "label": "New rates",
    "format": "object"
  },
  "oldSolarFeedInTariff": {
    "label": "Old FiT",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "newSolarFeedInTariff": {
    "label": "New FiT",
    "format": "number"
  }
}
```

## How it works

### 1. Sign up on Apify or log in

The Australian Energy Plans - Electricity, Gas & Solar FiT Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "Electricity price and plan changes this week: Sydney, Melbourne". [Sign up or log in](https://console.apify.com/create-task-from-example/KbNruGLfc4otU13Yk) and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

### 2. Start the "Electricity price and plan changes this week: Sydney, Melbourne" task

The Australian Energy Plans - Electricity, Gas & Solar FiT Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like mode, postcodes, and more, to match your specific use case.

### 3. Receive the "Electricity price and plan changes this week: Sydney, Melbourne" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as seen, change, retailer, and more.

### 4. Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also [run the "Electricity price and plan changes this week: Sydney, Melbourne" task via API](https://apify.com/crawlplant/au-energy-plans.md).

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Australian Energy Plans - Electricity, Gas & Solar FiT](https://apify.com/crawlplant/au-energy-plans.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/crawlplant/au-energy-plans.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/crawlplant/au-energy-plans.md

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).