Electricity · Victoria · United Energy network · from the regulator's feed
Alinta Energy SolarBalance Ready - Single Rate + CL
Alinta Energy's SolarBalance Ready - Single Rate + CL on the United Energy electricity network (Victoria) costs an estimated $104 a month for a household using 4,000 kWh a year. At the regulator's 4,000 kWh benchmark it comes to $1,251 a year against the VDO 2026-27 reference price of $1,529, $278 below it. Read from the retailer's rates as published to the Australian Energy Regulator on 8 Nov 2026 (retailer's record last updated 4 Nov 2026). GST as published; conditional discounts, controlled load and feed-in excluded from the estimate.
In one line
Alinta Energy's SolarBalance Ready - Single Rate + CL costs an estimated $104 a month, $1,251 a year, for a typical household using 4,000 kWh a year on the United Energy network (Victoria), priced at 22.38c/kWh plus 97.46c a day with controlled load 14.12c/kWh, as read from the regulator's feed on 8 Nov 2026. The cheapest is GloBird Energy's GloBird FULLHOUSE Residential (Flat Rate With Controlled Load)-United Energy at $85 a month. See GloBird Energy's plan.
Cheapest on the United 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 United Energy · price read 2026-11-08$85/mo$1,020/yr
Alternative · 3rd cheapest4,000 kWh a year on United Energy · price read 2026-11-08$85/mo$1,023/yr
Alternative · 5th cheapest4,000 kWh a year on United Energy · price read 2026-11-08$87/mo$1,040/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
- 97.46c a day
- Usage
- 22.38c per kWh
- Controlled load
- 14.12c per kWh
- Solar feed-in
- none published
- Discounts
- no guaranteed discount
- Incentives, as the retailer states them
- Solar Feed-in Tariff: Solar Feed-in Tariff Condition: This Energy Plan includes a stepped feed-in tariff, where you will receive a feed-in of 8c/kWh for the first 8kWh exported. For any export after that you will obtain Alinta Energy's standard retailer feed-in tariff of 0.04c/kWh
- Who can take this plan, as the retailer states it
- This Energy Plan is available to eligible residential solar customers with a Qualifying Solar System. Qualifying Solar System means a solar photovoltaic generator which has a generating capacity of no more than 10kW (or larger at our discretion).
- Eligibility criteria apply, for terms and conditions see alintaenergy.com.au/termsandconditions or call 13 37 02.
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 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 $1,251 a year. The VDO 2026-27 reference price is $1,529, so this plan is $278 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 United Energy network
- 3104 · Greythorn
- 3127 · Surrey Hills
- 3149 · Mount Waverley
- 3170 · Mulgrave
- 3185 · Elsternwick
- 3197 · Carrum
- 3912 · Somerville
- 3931 · Mornington
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 ALI812758MR, a Victorian plan also listed on Victorian Energy Compare), re-read nightly. Ranked on estimated cost alone; nothing is promoted. How this is collected