Electricity · Victoria · CitiPower network · from the regulator's feed
Flow Power Happy Hour
Flow Power's Happy Hour on the CitiPower electricity network (Victoria) costs an estimated $150 a month for a household using 4,000 kWh a year, 317th cheapest of 322 published plans on the network at that usage (median $109). Time-of-use rates: peak 31.70c, shoulder 31.70c per kWh, 145.47c a day supply. At the regulator's 4,000 kWh benchmark it comes to $1,799 a year against the VDO 2026-27 reference price of $1,481, $318 above it. Read from the retailer's rates as published to the Australian Energy Regulator on 8 Nov 2026 (retailer's record last updated 30 Sept 2026). GST as published; conditional discounts, controlled load and feed-in excluded from the estimate.
In one line
Flow Power's Happy Hour costs an estimated $150 a month, $1,799 a year, for a typical household using 4,000 kWh a year on the CitiPower network (Victoria), 317th cheapest of 322 published plans, priced at peak 31.70c/kWh 3pm to 9pm every day, shoulder 31.70c/kWh midnight to 3pm every day and 9pm to midnight every day plus 145.47c a day with controlled load 31.70c/kWh and solar feed-in 30.00c/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)-Citipower at $84 a month. See GloBird Energy's plan.
Cheapest on the CitiPower 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 CitiPower · price read 2026-11-08$84/mo$1,010/yr
$84/mo$1,010/yr
Alternative · 4th cheapest4,000 kWh a year on CitiPower · price read 2026-11-08$85/mo$1,021/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
- 145.47c a day
- peak usage
- 31.70c per kWh3pm to 9pm every day · 33% of use in the estimate
- shoulder usage
- 31.70c per kWhmidnight to 3pm every day; 9pm to midnight every day · 67% of use in the estimate
- Controlled load
- 31.70c per kWh
- Solar feed-in
- 30.00c per kWh
- Discounts
- no guaranteed discount
- Who can take this plan, as the retailer states it
- Generally available
- See Flow Power Market Retail Contract Agreement Terms at flowpower.com.au/residential/policies/
How the estimate is built: supply + time-of-use rates at 2000/4000/6000 kWh/yr, usage split by the ESC daily profile for CitiPower (peak 33%, shoulder 67%); 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 $1,799 a year. The VDO 2026-27 reference price is $1,481, so this plan is $318 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 CitiPower network
- 3000 · Melbourne
- 3006 · Southbank
- 3051 · North Melbourne
- 3056 · Brunswick
- 3068 · Clifton Hill
- 3102 · Kew East
- 3123 · Hawthorn East
- 3129 · Box Hill North
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 FLO803649MR, a Victorian plan also listed on Victorian Energy Compare), re-read nightly. Ranked on estimated cost alone; nothing is promoted. How this is collected