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Flipped Energy Freedom Switched On! Controlled Load

Flipped Energy's Freedom Switched On! Controlled Load on the United Energy electricity network (Victoria) costs an estimated $175 a month for a household using 4,000 kWh a year, 319th cheapest of 322 published plans on the network at that usage (median $111). Time-of-use rates: shoulder 45.78c, shoulder 14.78c, shoulder 12.62c per kWh, 74.81c a day supply. At the regulator's 4,000 kWh benchmark it comes to $2,104 a year against the VDO 2026-27 reference price of $1,529, $575 above it. Read from the retailer's rates as published to the Australian Energy Regulator on 8 Nov 2026 (retailer's record last updated 28 Sept 2026). GST as published; conditional discounts, controlled load and feed-in excluded from the estimate.

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In one line

Flipped Energy's Freedom Switched On! Controlled Load costs an estimated $175 a month, $2,104 a year, for a typical household using 4,000 kWh a year on the United Energy network (Victoria), 319th cheapest of 322 published plans, priced at shoulder 45.78c/kWh 5pm to 9pm every day plus 74.81c a day with controlled load 15.14c/kWh, solar feed-in 2.00c/kWh and 1 conditional discount not counted, 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.

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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.

  1. Cheapest · our recommendation
    GloBird Energy GloBird FULLHOUSE Residential (Flat Rate With Controlled Load)-United Energy
    4,000 kWh a year on United Energy · price read 2026-11-08
    $85/mo
    $1,020/yr
    Go to GloBird Energy
  2. Alternative · 3rd cheapest
    Sumo Online Saver
    4,000 kWh a year on United Energy · price read 2026-11-08
    $85/mo
    $1,023/yr
    Go to Sumo
  3. Alternative · 5th cheapest
    1st Energy 1st Emerald, Residential - Time of Use
    4,000 kWh a year on United Energy · price read 2026-11-08
    $87/mo
    $1,040/yr
    Go to 1st Energy

What it costs

Supply charge plus usage at each annual figure, from the published rates. Your retailer's quote is the price you pay.

2,000 kWh a year · one or two people
$99/mo
$1,189 a year · 318th of 322 plans · median $73
4,000 kWh a year · a typical household
$175/mo
$2,104 a year · 319th of 322 plans · median $111
6,000 kWh a year · a large household
$252/mo
$3,020 a year · 319th of 322 plans · median $151

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
74.81c a day
shoulder usage
45.78c per kWh5pm to 9pm every day · 100% of use in the estimate
shoulder usage
14.78c per kWh9pm to midnight every day; midnight to 9am every day · 100% of use in the estimate
shoulder usage
12.62c per kWh9am to 5pm every day · 100% of use in the estimate
Controlled load
15.14c per kWh
Solar feed-in
2.00c per kWh
Discounts
no guaranteed discount; 1 conditional (not in the estimate)
Who can take this plan, as the retailer states it
  • Available to residential customers whose premises are connected to the distribution network in which this offer is published. No other eligibility conditions apply
  • Available at www.flipped.energy or call 1300 110 100
Confirm with Flipped Energy before you switch.

How the estimate is built: supply + time-of-use rates at 2000/4000/6000 kWh/yr, usage split by the ESC daily profile for United Energy (shoulder 100%); 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 $2,104 a year. The VDO 2026-27 reference price is $1,529, so this plan is $575 above 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

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 FLI804219MR, a Victorian plan also listed on Victorian Energy Compare), re-read nightly. Ranked on estimated cost alone; nothing is promoted. How this is collected

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