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EnergyAustralia Business Balance Plan 12 - 5 Day Interval
EnergyAustralia's Business Balance Plan 12 - 5 Day Interval on the Essential Energy electricity network (New South Wales) costs an estimated $216 a month for a small business using 4,000 kWh a year, 113th cheapest of 225 published plans on the network at that usage (median $216). Time-of-use rates: peak 48.40c, off-peak 26.14c, shoulder 33.66c per kWh, 368.78c a day supply. Read from the retailer's rates as published to the Australian Energy Regulator on 8 Nov 2026 (retailer's record last updated 1 Oct 2026). GST as published; conditional discounts, controlled load and feed-in excluded from the estimate.
In one line
EnergyAustralia's Business Balance Plan 12 - 5 Day Interval costs an estimated $216 a month, $2,596 a year, for a small business using 4,000 kWh a year on the Essential Energy network (New South Wales), 113th cheapest of 225 published plans, priced at peak 48.40c/kWh 5pm to 7.59pm weekdays, shoulder 33.66c/kWh 7am to 4.59pm weekdays and 8pm to 9.59pm weekdays, off-peak 26.14c/kWh 10pm to 6.59am weekdays and midnight to midnight weekends plus 368.78c a day with solar feed-in 3.30c/kWh and a 0.11% guaranteed discount, as read from the regulator's listings on 8 Nov 2026. The cheapest is Sumo's Forge at $144 a month. See Sumo's plan.
Cheapest on Essential Energy 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.
$144/mo$1,729/yr
Alternative · 2nd cheapest4,000 kWh a year on Essential Energy · price read 2026-11-08$159/mo$1,913/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
- 368.78c a day
- peak usage
- 48.40c per kWh5pm to 7.59pm weekdays · 9% of use in the estimate
- off-peak usage
- 26.14c per kWh10pm to 6.59am weekdays; midnight to midnight weekends · 49% of use in the estimate
- shoulder usage
- 33.66c per kWh7am to 4.59pm weekdays; 8pm to 9.59pm weekdays · 42% of use in the estimate
- Controlled load
- none published
- Solar feed-in
- 3.30c per kWh
- Discounts
- 0.11% guaranteed
- Who can take this plan, as the retailer states it
- Quarterly billing unless monthly billing is applied for eligible customers. Further information regarding billing frequency is available at https://www.energyaustralia.com.au/business/help-and-support/faqs/accounts-bills-and-payments. Please refer to www.energyaustralia.com.au for eligibility information relating to solar, as well as full terms and conditions.
How the estimate is built: supply + time-of-use rates at 2000/4000/6000 kWh/yr, usage split by the AER daily profile for Essential Energy (peak 9%, off-peak 49%, shoulder 42%); GST as published; discounts, controlled load and feed-in excluded
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 Essential Energy network
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- 2488 · Bogangar
- 2629 · Adaminaby
- 2703 · Yanco
- 2798 · Byng
- 2850 · Lue
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Source: the retailer's plan as published to the Australian Energy Regulator (Energy Made Easy record ENE1085004MBE4), checked daily. Ranked on estimated cost alone; nothing is promoted. How this is collected