Compare the cheapest NSW electricity rates

Best electricity usage rates summary

Looking for the lowest electricity rates in NSW?

We’ve summarised the cheapest residential usage rates for all three electricity networks in NSW – Ausgrid (serving Sydney, Central Coast, Hunter Region and Newcastle), Endeavour Energy (for properties in Western Sydney, Blue Mountains, Southern Highlands and the Illawarra) and Essential Energy (covering regional NSW) for each retailer’s publicly listed electricity plans.

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WATTever’s free electricity comparison makes it easy with a personalised cost ranking of all publicly listed electricity plans, based on your energy use. Get it right with WATTever’s comprehensive comparison. We include all retailers, tariff types, discounts, solar feed-in tariffs, input for concessions and more to help you make serious savings on energy.

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Cheapest Anytime electricity rates by retailer in the Ausgrid network (Sydney, Central Coast, Hunter Region and Newcastle)

Cheapest Time Of Use electricity rates by retailer in the Ausgrid network (Sydney, Central Coast, Hunter Region and Newcastle)

WARNING! Only about half of retailers follow Ausgrid's reduced Seasonal Time of Use periods. Click here to see which retailers do this - otherwise, you may face up to 600 extra hours of peak tariff period across a year.

Cheapest Anytime electricity rates by retailer in the Endeavour Energy network (Western Sydney, Blue Mountains, Southern Highlands and Illawarra)

Cheapest Time Of Use 2 Rate electricity rates by retailer in the Endeavour Energy network (Western Sydney, Blue Mountains, Southern Highlands and Illawarra)

Cheapest Time Of Use 3 Rate electricity rates by retailer in the Endeavour Energy network (Western Sydney, Blue Mountains, Southern Highlands and Illawarra)

Cheapest Anytime electricity rates by retailer in the Essential Energy network (Regional NSW)

Cheapest Time Of Use electricity rates by retailer in the Essential Energy network (Regional NSW)

Rates shown include GST and all available discounts.
Plan rates are variable and future rates may be subject to change by the Retailer - except where plan rates are stated as fixed in the Basic Plan Information Documents/Energy Price Fact Sheet. Plans are updated weekly from the Retailer's Basic Plan Information Documents/Energy Price Fact Sheets.
^ Daily Charge includes the daily supply charge and the per day value of recurring fees or credits (eg. membership fees, monthly bill credits etc).
* Reference Price Discount refers to the discount off the yearly cost of the Default Market Offer (DMO) for NSW, QLD and SA, Victorian Default Offer (VDO), ActewAGL Standing offer for ACT or Aurora Regulated Offer for TAS, for a household on a flat/anytime rate without controlled load tariff. Discount is calculated based on annual usage in each state/network area of 7,722kWh (ACT), 3,900kWh (NSW-Ausgrid), 4,900kWh (NSW-Endeavour), 4,600kWh (NSW-Essential), 4,600kWh (QLD-Energex), 4,000 (SA), 4,000kWh (VIC) and 9,475kWh (TAS) AER benchmark. The DMO and VDO Reference Price is a guide (provided by the AER and ESC) and does not take into account solar export nor a property's actual annual usage or when that usage occurs (for Time Of Use plans).
** The Reference Price Discount shown for partner retailers includes the value of exclusive benefits available when switching through wattever.com.au including Prezzee eGift cards from WATTever and additional upfront/recurring credits from partner retailers.
Time of Use hours displayed are the periods published by each network. Individual retailers may offer different time of use hours - please review the plan BPID/Fact Sheet.

ActewAGL offers electricity plans in a small number of postcodes in the Endeavour Energy and Essential Energy networks. Please refer to the ActewAGL rates page for their plans.

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