Looking for the cheapest electricity in the CitiPower network Victoria? If you live in Melbourne’s CBD or inner suburbs, you’ve come to the right place to find the cheapest electricity offers. WATTever compares all energy retailers and strictly ranks the estimated cost for an average household located in the AusNet Service network.
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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 unique 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.
Cheapest Anytime electricity rates by retailer in the CitiPower Network (Melbourne CBD and inner suburbs)
Cheapest Time Of Use 2 Rate (7 day) electricity rates by retailer in the CitiPower Network (Melbourne CBD and inner suburbs)
TOU Periods: Off-Peak = 9pm-3pm and Peak = 3pm-9pm
Cheapest Time Of Use 3 Rate electricity rates by retailer in the CitiPower Network (Melbourne CBD and inner suburbs)
TOU Periods: Peak = 3pm-9pm, Off-Peak = 10am-3pm, Shoulder = all other times
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 each weekday from the Retailer's Basic Plan Information Documents/Energy Price Fact Sheets (except plans for WA and NT).
^ 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).
For plans with a demand tariff, the reference price discount calculated by WATTever includes a demand charge that assumes a peak demand of 25% of the daily benchmark electricity consumption.


** 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.
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