Business electricity: what the published plans cost

At 4,000 kWh a year the cheapest published business electricity plan in Victoria is Blue NRG Blue Energy Direct at an estimated $88 a month, the dearest Sumo Local Business (Medium Single Rate + CL) at $235, across 309 plans from 24 retailers; the cheapest household plan in the same state is $84, read 8 November 2026.

Rory Davis · Perth

Updated today · 8 November 2026, 11:02 am AEDT · published 31 October 2026

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What a business plan is in the feed

Retailers publish small-business plans to the same regulator feeds as household plans, marked for business customers, with their own supply and usage rates per network. OpenStream reads them nightly and prices each at a stated usage the same way as household plans: 365 days of supply plus the kilowatt-hours at the published rates, GST as published, conditional discounts excluded. Plans priced on demand or linked to the wholesale price have no single honest estimate and are left out of the ranking, as on the household pages.

Cheapest business plan on each capital's network at 4,000 kWh a year, with the state spread

Ausgrid (New South Wales): cheapest business Sumo Forge $127 a month, median $188, 210 plans; cheapest household $86; CitiPower (Victoria): cheapest business Blue NRG Blue Energy Direct $88 a month, median $109, 204 plans; cheapest household $84; Energex (Queensland): cheapest business Blue NRG Blue NEO 2026 $103 a month, median $153, 188 plans; cheapest household $94; SA Power Networks (South Australia): cheapest business Blue NRG Blue Direct ABC $129 a month, median $173, 146 plans; cheapest household $129; Evoenergy (ACT): cheapest business Nectr Business Spark TOU - August 2026 $127 a month, median $175, 55 plans; cheapest household $78; TasNetworks (Tasmania): cheapest business 1st Energy 1st Quartz - Tariff 94, Business Time of Use $116 a month, median $129, 69 plans; cheapest household $112. By state: Victoria 309 plans from 24 retailers, $88 to $235 a month; New South Wales 354 plans from 25 retailers, $116 to $853 a month; Tasmania 69 plans from 4 retailers, $116 to $251 a month; Queensland 204 plans from 22 retailers, $103 to $231 a month; South Australia 146 plans from 22 retailers, $129 to $252 a month; ACT 55 plans from 9 retailers, $127 to $222 a month. Read 8 November 2026.

Ausgrid: Sumo Forge$127 a month
CitiPower: Blue NRG Blue Energy Direct$88 a month
Energex: Blue NRG Blue NEO 2026$103 a month
SA Power Networks: Blue NRG Blue Direct ABC$129 a month
Evoenergy: Nectr Business Spark TOU - August 2026$127 a month
TasNetworks: 1st Energy 1st Quartz - Tariff 94, Business Time of Use$116 a month

Go to Sumo Cheapest business electricity in Victoria

Business against household

Victoria: cheapest business $88 against cheapest household $84 a month; New South Wales: cheapest business $116 against cheapest household $86 a month; Tasmania: cheapest business $116 against cheapest household $112 a month; Queensland: cheapest business $103 against cheapest household $94 a month; South Australia: cheapest business $129 against cheapest household $129 a month; ACT: cheapest business $127 against cheapest household $78 a month. The usage a business pays for is usually higher and concentrated in working hours, so a time-of-use plan's peak window matters more; the estimate spreads usage evenly across the week, and the business bill check prices plans on your own figures instead.

Comparing on your bill

The business page lists the cheapest business plan on each network with a hand-off to the retailer, and the energy hub has a business switch for your own usage: business electricity.

Questions this guide answers

What is the cheapest business electricity plan in Victoria?

Blue NRG Blue Energy Direct at an estimated $88 a month at 4,000 kWh a year, the cheapest of 309 published business plans, read 8 November 2026.

Are business electricity plans dearer than household plans?

Victoria: $88 business against $84 household at the cheapest; New South Wales: $116 business against $86 household at the cheapest; Tasmania: $116 business against $112 household at the cheapest; Queensland: $103 business against $94 household at the cheapest; South Australia: $129 business against $129 household at the cheapest; ACT: $127 business against $78 household at the cheapest a month at 4,000 kWh, read 8 November 2026.

Which states have published business plans?

Victoria, New South Wales, Tasmania, Queensland, South Australia, ACT.

Open pricing means Australians can be better informed, and save more.

Most comparison sites show a fraction of the market: the providers that pay to be listed. OpenStream tracks every NBN brand on NBN Co's register, 149 NBN brands on the register, with 431 priced NBN plans re-read every hour. Nothing is promoted, every price links to the page it came from, and the whole dataset is free to download.