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Alinta Energy Standing Offer - Time of Use (Interval)
Alinta Energy's Standing Offer - Time of Use (Interval) on the Powercor electricity network (Victoria) costs an estimated $123 a month for a household using 4,000 kWh a year, 196th cheapest of 323 published plans on the network at that usage (median $119). Time-of-use rates: peak 37.88c, shoulder 20.45c, shoulder 15.69c per kWh, 125.50c a day supply. At the regulator's 4,000 kWh benchmark it comes to $1,478 a year against the VDO 2026-27 reference price of $1,633, $155 below it. Read from the retailer's rates as published to the Australian Energy Regulator on 8 Nov 2026 (retailer's record last updated 2 July 2026). GST as published; conditional discounts, controlled load and feed-in excluded from the estimate.
In one line
Alinta Energy's Standing Offer - Time of Use (Interval) costs an estimated $123 a month, $1,478 a year, for a typical household using 4,000 kWh a year on the Powercor network (Victoria), 196th cheapest of 323 published plans, priced at peak 37.88c/kWh 4pm to 9pm every day, shoulder 20.45c/kWh midnight to 11am every day and 9pm to midnight every day plus 125.50c a day with solar feed-in 0.04c/kWh, as read from the regulator's listings on 8 Nov 2026. The cheapest is 1st Energy's 1st Emerald, Residential - Time of Use at $93 a month. See 1st Energy's plan.
Cheapest on Powercor 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 Powercor · price read 2026-11-08$93/mo$1,121/yr
Alternative · 3rd cheapest4,000 kWh a year on Powercor · price read 2026-11-08$93/mo$1,121/yr
$94/mo$1,127/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
- 125.50c a day
- peak usage
- 37.88c per kWh4pm to 9pm every day · 29% of use in the estimate
- shoulder usage
- 20.45c per kWhmidnight to 11am every day; 9pm to midnight every day · 71% of use in the estimate
- shoulder usage
- 15.69c per kWh11am to 4pm every day · 71% of use in the estimate
- Controlled load
- none published
- Solar feed-in
- 0.04c per kWh
- Discounts
- no guaranteed discount
- Who can take this plan, as the retailer states it
- This Energy Plan 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 ESC daily profile for Powercor (peak 29%, shoulder 71%); GST as published; discounts, controlled load and feed-in excluded
Against the reference price
The VDO 2026-27 is the regulator's benchmark for this network; it is the figure every bill compares itself to.
At the regulator's 4,000 kWh a year this plan comes to $1,478 a year. The VDO 2026-27 reference price is $1,633, so this plan is $155 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 Powercor network
- 3008 · Docklands
- 3228 · Torquay
- 3283 · Tarrone
- 3338 · Exford
- 3409 · Mitre
- 3472 · Betley
- 3542 · Cokum
- 3597 · Natya
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 (regulator record ALI765920SR, a Victorian plan also listed on Victorian Energy Compare), checked daily. Ranked on estimated cost alone; nothing is promoted. How this is collected