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Globird Energy GLOHOME Residential (Flat Rate)-Essential
Globird Energy's GLOHOME Residential (Flat Rate)-Essential on the Essential Energy electricity network (New South Wales) costs an estimated $152 a month for a household using 4,000 kWh a year, 72nd cheapest of 372 published plans on the network at that usage (median $176). Rates: 188.00c a day supply and 28.30c per kWh. At the regulator's 4,600 kWh benchmark it comes to $1,988 a year against the DMO 2026-27 reference price of $2,604, $616 below it. Read from the retailer's rates as published to the Australian Energy Regulator on 8 Nov 2026 (retailer's record last updated 20 Oct 2026). GST as published; conditional discounts, controlled load and feed-in excluded from the estimate.
In one line
Globird Energy's GLOHOME Residential (Flat Rate)-Essential costs an estimated $152 a month, $1,818 a year, for a typical household using 4,000 kWh a year on the Essential Energy network (New South Wales), 72nd cheapest of 372 published plans, priced at 28.30c/kWh for the first 15 kWh a day, then 30.50c/kWh plus 188.00c a day with solar feed-in 3.00c/kWh and 3 conditional discounts not counted, as read from the regulator's listings on 8 Nov 2026. The cheapest is Sumo's Winter Saver Plus at $143 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.
Cheapest · our recommendation4,000 kWh a year on Essential Energy · price read 2026-11-08$143/mo$1,713/yr
Alternative · 2nd cheapest4,000 kWh a year on Essential Energy · price read 2026-11-08$143/mo$1,715/yr
Alternative · 3rd cheapest4,000 kWh a year on Essential Energy · price read 2026-11-08$144/mo$1,729/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
- 188.00c a day
- Usage
- 28.30c up to 15 kWh a day; 30.50c thereafter
- Controlled load
- none published
- Solar feed-in
- 3.00c per kWh
- Discounts
- no guaranteed discount; 3 conditional (not in the estimate)
- Who can take this plan, as the retailer states it
- This offer is for NSW residential customers with an applicable network tariff and an electricity basic meter. Please visit www.globirdenergy.com.au for full terms and conditions or call us on 133456. Note, step 1 is calculated by multiplying the daily allowance by the number of days in the billing period. For example, a daily allowance of 25kWh/day and a 30-day billing period has a step 1 of 750kW
How the estimate is built: supply + block usage rate at 2000/4000/6000 kWh/yr; GST as published; discounts, controlled load and feed-in excluded
Against the reference price
The DMO 2026-27 is the regulator's benchmark for this network; it is the figure every bill compares itself to.
At the regulator's 4,600 kWh a year this plan comes to $1,988 a year. The DMO 2026-27 reference price is $2,604, so this plan is $616 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 Essential Energy network
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- 2488 · Bogangar
- 2629 · Adaminaby
- 2703 · Yanco
- 2798 · Byng
- 2850 · Lue
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 (Energy Made Easy record GLO1212390MRE1), checked daily. Ranked on estimated cost alone; nothing is promoted. How this is collected