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Cheapest electricity plans on the Essential Energy network

The cheapest published electricity plan on the Essential Energy network (New South Wales) for a household using 4,000 kWh a year is Sumo's Winter Saver Plus at an estimated $143 a month (peak 34.16c/kWh 7am to 9.59am every day and 3pm to 9.59pm every day, off-peak 21.44c/kWh 10am to 2.59pm every day and 10pm to 6.59am every day plus 162.62c a day with solar feed-in 0.00c/kWh and 1 conditional discount not counted), the lowest of 372 published plans from 27 retailers, as read from the Australian Energy Regulator's feed on 8 Nov 2026. Plans on Essential Energy run from $143 to $221 a month at that usage; the regulator's DMO 2026-27 reference price is $2,604 a year at 4,600 kWh. GST as published, conditional discounts excluded.

Where to go on Essential Energy

The cheapest published plans at 4,000 kWh a year, one retailer each, as read from the regulator's feed on 8 Nov 2026. Ranked on estimated cost alone; nothing is promoted.

  1. Cheapest · our recommendation
    Sumo Winter Saver Plus
    4,000 kWh a year on Essential Energy · price read 2026-11-08
    $143/mo
    $1,713/yr
    Go to Sumo
  2. Alternative · 2nd cheapest
    Tango Energy Everyday Easy
    4,000 kWh a year on Essential Energy · price read 2026-11-08
    $143/mo
    $1,715/yr
    Go to Tango Energy
  3. Alternative · 3rd cheapest
    Red Energy Red BCNA
    4,000 kWh a year on Essential Energy · price read 2026-11-08
    $144/mo
    $1,729/yr
    Go to Red Energy

The spread on Essential Energy

Same 4,000 kWh a year on every plan published for this network. Demand-priced and variable-priced plans left out: they have no single honest figure.

Against the DMO 2026-27 reference price

The regulator sets a reference bill for this network each July: $2,604 a year for a household using 4,600 kWh. Here is where today's published plans sit at that same usage.

Source determination

At three usage levels

Monthly estimates from the stored rates: supply charge plus usage at each level, time-of-use plans split by the regulator's daily profile for this network.

UsageCheapestMedianDearestPlans
2,000 kWh/yr$96/mo · Sumo$124/mo$155/mo · Flow Power372
4,000 kWh/yr$143/mo · Sumo$176/mo$221/mo · Flow Power372
6,000 kWh/yr$181/mo · CovaU$227/mo$287/mo · Flow Power372

Your bill decides which end you are at

The range above is the same network, the same usage. Where your own bill sits in it is the one thing this page cannot know.

Plans on Essential Energy run from $143 to $221 a month at 4,000 kWh a year. Take the postcode, the average daily kWh and the amount from your bill and check where it sits: how many published plans would cost less, which is cheapest, and what it would save.

The picks

At 4,000 kWh a year. Ranked on estimated cost alone; the labels say why each is here.

  1. Cheapest published plan
    Sumo Winter Saver Plus
    Lowest estimated bill of the 372 published plans at 4,000 kWh a year
    $143/mo
    $1,713/yr
  2. Cheapest well-known retailer
    Red Energy Red BCNA
    The cheapest plan from one of the large retailers, for someone who wants a name they know
    $144/mo
    $1,729/yr
  3. Simplest: one rate, no conditions
    Red Energy Qantas Red Saver
    The cheapest single-rate plan with no conditional discounts: one usage rate, and the estimate is the bill
    $147/mo
    $1,759/yr

Cheapest plans on Essential Energy

At 4,000 kWh a year. Each row links to the retailer to sign up, and to the regulator's record for the plan as published.

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What changed since yesterday

Against the snapshot of 7 Nov 2026, at 4,000 kWh a year.

No plan appeared, left or changed its estimate. 372 plans unchanged.

Price history

One line a night: the cheapest, median and dearest monthly estimate at 4,000 kWh a year.

NightCheapestMedianDearestPlansRetailers
8 Nov 2026$131$171$22137227
7 Nov 2026$131$171$22137227
6 Nov 2026$131$171$22137227
5 Nov 2026$131$171$22136627
4 Nov 2026$131$171$22136627
3 Nov 2026$131$171$22136527
2 Nov 2026$131$171$22136527
1 Nov 2026$131$171$22136527
31 Oct 2026$131$171$22136327
30 Oct 2026$131$171$22136527
29 Oct 2026$131$171$22136527
28 Oct 2026$131$171$22136527
27 Oct 2026$131$171$22136527
26 Oct 2026$131$172$22136127
25 Oct 2026$128$172$22136527
24 Oct 2026$128$172$22136527
23 Oct 2026$128$172$22136727
22 Oct 2026$128$172$22136727
21 Oct 2026$128$172$22136727
20 Oct 2026$128$172$22136727
19 Oct 2026$128$172$22138827

Questions answered for this network

One sentence each, computed from the regulator's published rates; the date on each is the day its figures last changed.

Every question in the library

Every household plan published on the Essential Energy network (431)
Every small business plan published on the Essential Energy network (247)

Postcodes on this network

300 postcodes list Essential Energy as their distributor in retailers' offers. A sample:

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    retailers in the regulator's listings
  • 9,624
    published offers priced
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    promoted rows
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