Electricity · New South Wales · Endeavour Energy network · from the regulator's feed
Alinta Energy SolarBalance Smart - Time of Use
Alinta Energy's SolarBalance Smart - Time of Use on the Endeavour Energy electricity network (New South Wales) costs an estimated $141 a month for a household using 4,000 kWh a year, 120th cheapest of 341 published plans on the network at that usage (median $151). Time-of-use rates: peak 38.95c, off-peak 29.85c, shoulder 10.33c per kWh, 154.84c a day supply. At the regulator's 4,900 kWh benchmark it comes to $1,941 a year against the DMO 2026-27 reference price of $2,328, $387 below it. Read from the retailer's rates as published to the Australian Energy Regulator on 8 Nov 2026 (retailer's record last updated 6 Nov 2026). GST as published; conditional discounts, controlled load and feed-in excluded from the estimate.
In one line
Alinta Energy's SolarBalance Smart - Time of Use costs an estimated $141 a month, $1,688 a year, for a typical household using 4,000 kWh a year on the Endeavour Energy network (New South Wales), 120th cheapest of 341 published plans, priced at peak 38.95c/kWh 4pm to 7.59pm weekdays, shoulder 10.33c/kWh 10am to 1.59pm every day, off-peak 29.85c/kWh midnight to 9.59am every day and 2pm to 3.59pm weekdays and 2pm to midnight weekends and 8pm to midnight weekdays plus 154.84c a day with solar feed-in 8.00c/kWh, as read from the regulator's feed on 8 Nov 2026. The cheapest is Dodo's Solar Sharer Offer at $107 a month. See Dodo's plan.
Cheapest on the Endeavour Energy network today
The lowest published estimates 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.
- Cheapest · our recommendation4,000 kWh a year on Endeavour Energy · price read 2026-11-08$107/mo$1,279/yr
- Alternative · 2nd cheapest4,000 kWh a year on Endeavour Energy · price read 2026-11-08$107/mo$1,279/yr
Alternative · 3rd cheapest4,000 kWh a year on Endeavour Energy · price read 2026-11-08$107/mo$1,279/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.
Unchanged since the 7 Nov 2026 snapshot. Dated record for 8 Nov 2026
The rate card
As published to the regulator; cents including GST where the retailer publishes it that way.
- Supply charge
- 154.84c a day
- peak usage
- 38.95c per kWh4pm to 7.59pm weekdays · 17% of use in the estimate
- off-peak usage
- 29.85c per kWhmidnight to 9.59am every day; 2pm to 3.59pm weekdays; 2pm to midnight weekends; 8pm to midnight weekdays · 66% of use in the estimate
- shoulder usage
- 10.33c per kWh10am to 1.59pm every day · 17% of use in the estimate
- Controlled load
- none published
- Solar feed-in
- 8.00c per kWh
- Discounts
- no guaranteed discount
- Incentives, as the retailer states them
- Stepped FiT: This plan includes a stepped feed-in tariff, where you will receive a feed-in tariff of 8c/kWh for the first 8kWh exported. For any export after that you will obtain Alinta Energy's standard retailer
- Who can take this plan, as the retailer states it
- System Size
- This offer is only available to customers with an applicable network tariff. Eligibility criteria apply, for terms and conditions see alintaenergy.com.au/termsandconditions or call 13 37 02.
How the estimate is built: supply + time-of-use rates at 2000/4000/6000 kWh/yr, usage split by the AER daily profile for Endeavour Energy (peak 17%, off-peak 66%, shoulder 17%); GST as published; discounts, controlled load and feed-in excluded; 2 tariff periods published, the first (11-01 to 03-31) is used
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 4,900 kWh a year this plan comes to $1,941 a year. The DMO 2026-27 reference price is $2,328, so this plan is $387 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 Endeavour Energy network
- 2113 · North Ryde
- 2152 · Northmead
- 2172 · Sandy Point
- 2328 · Bureen
- 2533 · Kiama
- 2568 · Menangle
- 2752 · Silverdale
- 2775 · St Albans
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 ALI1215508MRE1), re-read nightly. Ranked on estimated cost alone; nothing is promoted. How this is collected