Retailers publish every offer to the Australian Energy Regulator. We read all of them each night and rank what applies to your network by estimated cost. Nothing promoted; every plan cites its record.
Cheapest electricity at 4,000 kWh a year: ActewAGL Smart Saver plan time-of-use on Evoenergy (ACT) at $78/mo estimated; the dearest state's cheapest is $129/mo (South Australia), read 2026-11-08.
One card per state at 4,000 kWh a year, from the regulator's listings read 2026-11-08. Estimates from published rates, not retailer quotes; the network a home is on decides its price.
Which end of each state's range you are at depends on your bill. Check your bill against every published plan: postcode, the kWh on the bill and the amount.
One household using 4,000 kWh a year, priced on every published plan in each state. Demand-priced and variable-priced plans are left out because they have no single honest figure. GST as published, conditional discounts excluded. Read from the regulator's feed 8 Nov 2026.
CitiPower, Powercor, Jemena, United Energy, AusNet Services networks
Ausgrid, Endeavour Energy, Essential Energy networks
SA Power Networks network
Energex, Ergon Energy networks
Evoenergy network
TasNetworks network
Electricity prices in the regulator's feed vary by distribution network, not postcode. Each network page lists every published plan at three usages, what moved overnight and the regulator's reference price; each state answer names the cheapest plan on every network in it.
More answers from the same listings: Gas by network (63): Cheapest gas on AGN Adelong, Gundagai and Tumut at 10,000 MJ a year, Cheapest gas on AGN Bombala and Cooma at 10,000 MJ a year, Cheapest gas on AGN NSW at 10,000 MJ a year · Business electricity by usage (39): Cheapest small business electricity on Ausgrid at 2,000 kWh a year, Cheapest small business electricity on Ausgrid at 4,000 kWh a year, Cheapest small business electricity on Ausgrid at 6,000 kWh a year · Solar feed-in (19): Highest solar feed-in tariff in New South Wales, Highest solar feed-in tariff in Queensland, Highest solar feed-in tariff in South Australia · All answers
Each guide opens with the figure as read tonight and hands off to the retailer.
How an electricity bill is priced: supply, usage, time of use and controlled load · Reading the reference price: what the DMO and VDO mean on a bill · Solar feed-in tariffs: the highest rate is not the cheapest plan · Choosing an electricity plan by household size · Choosing a gas plan · Moving house: which electricity plans apply at the new address · Business electricity: what the published plans cost · Electricity rebates and concessions, state by state
The 1 July price reset: each network's 2026-27 default offer against today's cheapest plan
Most comparison sites show a fraction of the market: the retailers that pay to be listed. OpenStream prices every plan every retailer publishes to the Australian Energy Regulator and Victorian Energy Compare, 9,624 published offers priced from 40 retailers in the regulator's listings, re-read nightly. Nothing is promoted, every plan links to the regulator's record, and the whole dataset is free to download.