Energy provider
Company Assessment
(Last updated Sep 2025)
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Sumo Power Pty Ltd
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2/5 in Green Electricity Guide
The 2022 Greenpeace Green Electricity Guide ranked 47 Australian electricity retailers based on their environmental credentials, assessing factors like renewable energy provision, commitment to ending coal use by 2030, halting fossil fuel expansion, support for new renewable energy, and transparency. This provider rated only slightly better that the worst polluters, with only 2 stars.
Source: Greanpeace
(2022)
Fined $1.2m for misleading consumers
In 2021 this company was ordered by the Federal Court of Australia to pay $1.2 million in penalties for making false or misleading representations in selling electricity plans to Victorian consumers.
Source: ACCC
(2021)
Fined $10m for unlawful doorknocking
In 2024 this company was ordered by the Supreme Court of Victoria to pay penalties totalling $10 million for unlawful door-to-door marketing and failures related to its best offer messaging. This outcome represents the largest penalty ever imposed for breaches of Victoria's energy laws and codes of practice.
Fined $500k for wrongful disconnections
In 2022 this company paid penalties totalling $500,000 for arranging the alleged wrongful disconnection of 143 Victorian energy customers on 14 December 2020.
Company Details
Type:
Private company
Founded:
2015
Revenue:
284 million AUD
(2025)