Compare the cheapest electricity rates

Best electricity usage rates summary

Looking for the lowest electricity rates?

We’ve summarised the cheapest residential usage rates for Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Canberra, Hobart, Perth and Darwin for each retailer’s publicly listed electricity plans.

The first table ranks Anytime (aka flat) rates. The following table ranks Time of Use rates. The Reference Price discount column includes any retailer credits, incentives or fees that apply to each plan.

How to find the best deals for your place.

Every household is different. WATTever makes it easy to find the cheapest offers to help you make serious savings. Start your electricity comparison here to see a personalised cost ranking of publicly listed electricity plans from all retailers supplying your postcode, based on your unique energy use. We include all retailers, tariff types, discounts, solar feed-in tariffs, input for concessions and much more.

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Cheapest Anytime electricity rates by retailer in New South Wales (Sydney - Ausgrid network)

Not in the Ausgrid electricity network? Click here to view rates for all electricity networks in NSW.

Cheapest Time Of Use electricity rates by retailer in New South Wales (Sydney - Ausgrid network)

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.

Not in the Ausgrid electricity network? Click here to view rates for all electricity networks in NSW.

Cheapest Anytime electricity rates by retailer in Queensland (Brisbane - Energex network)

Not in the Energex electricity network? Click here to view rates for all electricity networks in Queensland.

Cheapest Time Of Use electricity rates by retailer in Queensland (Brisbane - Energex network)

Not in the Energex electricity network? Click here to view rates for all electricity networks in QLD.

Cheapest Anytime electricity rates by retailer in South Australia

Cheapest Time Of Use electricity rates by retailer in South Australia

TOU Periods - RTOU Tariff: Peak = 6am-10am and 3pm-1am, Shoulder = 1am-6am and Off-Peak = 10am-3pm

TOU Periods - RELE (Electrify) Tariff: Peak = 5pm-9pm, Off-Peak = 10am-4pm, Shoulder = all other times

Cheapest Anytime electricity rates by retailer in Victoria (Melbourne - CitiPower network)

Not in the CitiPower electricity network? Click here to view rates for all electricity networks in Victoria.

Cheapest Time Of Use 2 Rate (7 day) electricity rates by retailer in Victoria (Melbourne - CitiPower network)

TOU Periods: Peak = 3pm-9pm and Off-Peak = 9pm-3pm

Not in the CitiPower electricity network? Click here to view rates for all electricity networks in Victoria.

Cheapest Time Of Use 3 Rate electricity rates by retailer in Victoria (Melbourne - CitiPower network)

TOU Periods: Peak = 3pm-9pm, Off-Peak = 10am-3pm, Shoulder = all other times

Cheapest Anytime (Tariff 10) electricity rates by retailer in the Australian Capital Territory (Canberra - Evoenergy network)

Cheapest Time Of Use electricity rates by retailer in the Australian Capital Territory (Canberra - Evoenergy network)

Cheapest Anytime electricity rates by retailer in Tasmania (Hobart - TasNetworks network)

Cheapest Time Of Use 2 Rate electricity rates by retailer in Tasmania (Hobart - TasNetworks network)

Cheapest electricity rates by retailer in the Northern Territory (Darwin - Power and Water network)

Cheapest Anytime electricity rates by retailer in Western Australia (Perth - Western Power network)

Not in the Western Power electricity network? Click here to view rates for all electricity networks in Western Australia.

Cheapest Time Of Use electricity rates by retailer in Western Australia (Perth - Western Power network)

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), 3,911kWh (NSW-Ausgrid), 4,913kWh (NSW-Endeavour), 4,613kWh (NSW-Essential), 4,613kWh (QLD-Energex), 4,011 (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.

– Battery only and Electric Vehicle only plans that require the household to have a battery or EV are not included in the tables above due to the small portion of consumers who qualify for these plans. These plans are still visible on the retailer rates pages.