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Cheapest electricity plans on the United Energy network

The cheapest published electricity plan on the United Energy network (Victoria) for a household using 4,000 kWh a year is GloBird Energy's GloBird FULLHOUSE Residential (Flat Rate With Controlled Load)-United Energy at an estimated $85 a month (18.10c/kWh for the first 25 kWh a day, then 21.60c/kWh plus 81.00c a day with controlled load 12.40c/kWh and solar feed-in 3.00c/kWh), the lowest of 322 published plans from 26 retailers, as read from the Australian Energy Regulator's feed on 8 Nov 2026. Plans on United Energy run from $85 to $198 a month at that usage; the regulator's VDO 2026-27 reference price is $1,529 a year at 4,000 kWh. GST as published, conditional discounts excluded.

Where to go on United 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
    GloBird Energy GloBird FULLHOUSE Residential (Flat Rate With Controlled Load)-United Energy
    4,000 kWh a year on United Energy · price read 2026-11-08
    $85/mo
    $1,020/yr
    Go to GloBird Energy
  2. Alternative · 3rd cheapest
    Sumo Online Saver
    4,000 kWh a year on United Energy · price read 2026-11-08
    $85/mo
    $1,023/yr
    Go to Sumo
  3. Alternative · 5th cheapest
    1st Energy 1st Emerald, Residential - Time of Use
    4,000 kWh a year on United Energy · price read 2026-11-08
    $87/mo
    $1,040/yr
    Go to 1st Energy

The spread on United 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 VDO 2026-27 reference price

The regulator sets a reference bill for this network each July: $1,529 a year for a household using 4,000 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$52/mo · Dodo Power & Gas$73/mo$117/mo · Flipped Energy322
4,000 kWh/yr$85/mo · GloBird Energy$111/mo$198/mo · Flipped Energy322
6,000 kWh/yr$115/mo · GloBird Energy$151/mo$280/mo · Flipped Energy322

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 United Energy run from $85 to $198 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.

Cheapest plans on United 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.

Compare for your postcode

What changed since yesterday

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

  • Indigo Power Retail - Community Energy Hub Plan United Energy $114 → $104/mo
  • Indigo Power Retail - Energy Shapers Plan United Energy $125 → $115/mo
  • ENGIE VIC ENGIE Home Business Standing elec $116 → $113/mo
  • ENGIE VIC ENGIE Standing elec $116 → $113/mo
  • Origin Energy Origin Go Variable - Oct'26 (Time of Use) no longer published (was $98/mo)
  • Origin Energy Origin Go Variable - Oct'26 (TOU 5 Day with Dedicated Circuit) no longer published (was $107/mo)
  • Origin Energy Origin Go Variable - Oct'26 (TOU 5 Day) no longer published (was $107/mo)

Price history

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

NightCheapestMedianDearestPlansRetailers
8 Nov 2026$82$111$19832226
7 Nov 2026$82$116$19832526
6 Nov 2026$82$116$19832526
5 Nov 2026$82$116$19832126
4 Nov 2026$82$116$19832226
3 Nov 2026$82$116$19832126
2 Nov 2026$82$116$19832126
1 Nov 2026$82$116$19830926
31 Oct 2026$82$116$19830926
30 Oct 2026$82$116$19831726
29 Oct 2026$82$116$19831726
28 Oct 2026$82$116$19832126
27 Oct 2026$82$116$19830426
26 Oct 2026$82$116$19830126
25 Oct 2026$82$116$19830526
24 Oct 2026$82$116$19830626
23 Oct 2026$82$116$19830626
22 Oct 2026$82$116$19830726
21 Oct 2026$82$116$19830526
20 Oct 2026$82$116$19830526
19 Oct 2026$82$116$19830626

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 United Energy network (387)
Every small business plan published on the United Energy network (265)

Postcodes on this network

99 postcodes list United Energy as their distributor in retailers' offers. A sample:

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Most comparison sites show a fraction of the market: the retailers that pay to be listed. OpenStream prices every plan every retailer publishes to the Australian Energy Regulator and Victorian Energy Compare, 9,624 published offers priced from 40 retailers in the regulator's listings, re-read nightly. Nothing is promoted, every plan links to the regulator's record, and the whole dataset is free to download.

  • 40
    retailers in the regulator's listings
  • 9,624
    published offers priced
  • 0
    promoted rows
  • 100%
    of prices cite their source