Compare the cheapest electricity rates in Queensland

Last Updated on May 30, 2025 by David Hiley

Best electricity usage rates summary

Looking for the lowest electricity rates in Queensland?

We’ve summarised the cheapest residential usage rates for both electricity networks in Queensland – Energex and Ergon Energy for each retailer’s publicly listed electricity plans.

Want to find the best rates and deals for your home or property?

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 Energex network (South East Queensland)

Cheapest Time Of Use electricity rates by retailer in Energex network (South East Queensland)

Cheapest Anytime Demand electricity rates by retailer in the Energex network (South East Queensland)

Cheapest Anytime electricity rates by retailer in the Ergon Energy Network (Regional Queensland)

Cheapest Time Of Use electricity rates by retailer in the Ergon Energy Network (Regional Queensland)

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.
Plans are updated each weekday from the Retailer’s Basic Plan Information Documents.
^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 refers to the unconditional discount off the yearly cost of the Default Market Offer (DMO) for a household on a flat rate tariff without controlled load. In the Energex network (SE QLD) the discount is calculated based on annual usage of 4,600kWh. Regulation requires the DMO Reference Price to be displayed, however it does not take into account solar export nor a property’s actual annual usage or when that usage occurs (for Time Of Use plans).
Cost/Year estimate shown is for the first year and includes all conditional discounts plus the value of exclusive benefits available when switching through wattever.com.au such as Prezzee eGift cards from WATTever and additional upfront/recurring credits from partner retailers. See plan details for more information. Your bill will vary based on actual usage.
For plans with a demand tariff, the annual cost estimate calculated by WATTever includes a demand charge that assumes a peak demand of 25% of the daily benchmark electricity consumption.
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 Basic Plan Information Documents.

Banner Elec Compare all retailers and save with WATTever
WATTever compares over 45 energy retailers including AGL, 1st Energy, ActewAGL, Alinta Energy, Amber, Ampol Energy, Blue NRG, CovaU, Diamond Energy, dodo, Energy Australia, Energy Locals, ENGIE, loBird Energy, Kogan Energy, Lumo Energy, nectr, Origin Energy, OVO energy, Powershop, ReAmped Energy, Red Energy, Sumo Power and Tango Energy.