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1st Energy Standing Offer - Single Rate + Controlled Load 1 & 2
1st Energy's Standing Offer - Single Rate + Controlled Load 1 & 2 on the Energex electricity network (Queensland) costs an estimated $138 a month for a household using 4,000 kWh a year, 262nd cheapest of 334 published plans on the network at that usage (median $133). At the regulator's 4,600 kWh benchmark it comes to $1,807 a year against the DMO 2026-27 reference price of $1,988, $181 below it. Read from the retailer's rates as published to the Australian Energy Regulator on 8 Nov 2026 (retailer's record last updated 1 July 2026). GST as published; conditional discounts, controlled load and feed-in excluded from the estimate.
In one line
1st Energy's Standing Offer - Single Rate + Controlled Load 1 & 2 costs an estimated $138 a month, $1,654 a year, for a typical household using 4,000 kWh a year on the Energex network (Queensland), 262nd cheapest of 334 published plans, priced at 25.43c/kWh plus 174.55c a day with controlled load 14.94c/kWh and solar feed-in 44.00c/kWh, as read from the regulator's listings on 8 Nov 2026. The cheapest is AGL's Residential Three for Free at $94 a month. See AGL's plan.
Cheapest on Energex on 8 Nov 2026
The lowest published estimates at 4,000 kWh a year, one retailer each, as read from the regulator's listings on 8 Nov 2026. Ranked on estimated cost alone; nothing is promoted.
Cheapest · our recommendation4,000 kWh a year on Energex · price read 2026-11-08$94/mo$1,129/yr
Alternative · 2nd cheapest4,000 kWh a year on Energex · price read 2026-11-08$102/mo$1,225/yr
Alternative · 6th cheapest4,000 kWh a year on Energex · price read 2026-11-08$105/mo$1,260/yr
What it costs
Supply charge plus usage at each annual figure, from the published rates. Your retailer's quote is the price you pay.
The rate card
As published to the regulator; cents including GST where the retailer publishes it that way.
- Supply charge
- 174.55c a day
- Usage
- 25.43c per kWh
- Controlled load
- 14.94c per kWh
- Solar feed-in
- 44.00c per kWh
- Discounts
- no guaranteed discount
- Who can take this plan, as the retailer states it
- This offer is available for customers currently taking supply on a corresponding single rate network tariff. For further details on the information presented in this fact sheet, or the terms and conditions of the offer, please visit www.1stenergy.com.au or call 1st Energy on 1300 426 594.
How the estimate is built: supply + single usage rate at 2000/4000/6000 kWh/yr; GST as published; discounts, controlled load and feed-in excluded
Against the reference price
The DMO 2026-27 is the regulator's benchmark for this network; it is the figure every bill compares itself to.
At the regulator's 4,600 kWh a year this plan comes to $1,807 a year. The DMO 2026-27 reference price is $1,988, so this plan is $181 below it. Regulator's determination
Where this plan applies
Electricity offers are published per distribution network, so the rates above hold for every postcode on it.
Every plan on the Energex network
- 4000 · Brisbane
- 4053 · Stafford
- 4107 · Salisbury
- 4133 · Waterford
- 4205 · Bethania
- 4280 · Glenlogan
- 4359 · Greenmount
- 4552 · Maleny
To see this plan against every other plan at your own usage: compare for a postcode and change the postcode and kWh to yours.
Related plans
The brand's page, the comparison this plan is ranked in, and the plans most like it. Every price on them is read from the same data as this page.
Source: the retailer's plan as published to the Australian Energy Regulator (Energy Made Easy record 1ST1122767SRE1), checked daily. Ranked on estimated cost alone; nothing is promoted. How this is collected