Cheapest electricity plan in Canberra
As of 8 November 2026, the cheapest published electricity plan in Canberra for a household using 4,000 kWh a year is ActewAGL's Smart Saver plan time-of-use at an estimated $78 a month, on the Evoenergy network.
Canberra's 30 postcodes within 25 km of postcode 2601 are served by 2 distribution networks (Evoenergy, 26 postcodes; Essential Energy, 4 postcodes), and the price depends on which one a home is on: the cheapest plan is $78 a month on Evoenergy and $143 on Essential Energy. Your postcode page names your network and the cheapest plans on it. Figures are OpenStream's estimates from the supply and usage rates each retailer publishes to the Australian Energy Regulator, at the stated annual usage, GST as published and conditional discounts excluded; they are not retailer quotes. Demand-priced, variable-priced and solar-only plans are left out because they have no single honest figure.
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Estimated monthly cost at the stated usage. Every plan links its page; the button hands off to the retailer.
- 1ActewAGL Smart Saver plan time-of-useEvoenergy network$78/moGo to ActewAGL
- 2Sumo Winter Saver PlusEssential Energy network$143/moGo to Sumo
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Every figure is OpenStream's estimate, not a retailer quote: the supply and usage rates each retailer publishes to the Australian Energy Regulator (via Energy Made Easy), applied to the stated annual usage, GST as published, conditional discounts excluded. Prices vary by distribution network, not postcode, so the network page is the record; it links every plan to its regulator entry and keeps a nightly history. Demand-priced, variable-priced and solar-only plans are left out because they have no single honest figure. Errors are possible - check the cited sources. Full method: methodology. Machine-readable: this answer as JSON, MCP, llms.txt.
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