Moving house: which electricity plans apply at the new address

Prices follow the distribution network, not the retailer: at 4,000 kWh a year the cheapest published plan on Ausgrid (Sydney) is Tango Energy Everyday Easy at $86 a month, while on CitiPower (Melbourne) it is GloBird Energy GloBird FULLHOUSE Residential (Flat Rate With Controlled Load)-Citipower at $84, read 8 November 2026; the new postcode decides which list you compare.

Rory Davis · Perth

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

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Why the address matters

Retailers publish their plans to the regulators per distribution network, and the rates differ from one network to the next. A plan you hold on one network is a different priced product on another, and some retailers do not publish on every network at all. So a move is a new comparison: the new postcode names the network, and the network names the plans.

Cheapest and median plan on each capital's network at 4,000 kWh a year

Ausgrid (Sydney): cheapest Tango Energy Everyday Easy $86 a month, median $145, 292 plans from 26 retailers; CitiPower (Melbourne): cheapest GloBird Energy GloBird FULLHOUSE Residential (Flat Rate With Controlled Load)-Citipower $84 a month, median $109, 322 plans from 25 retailers; Energex (Brisbane): cheapest AGL Residential Three for Free $94 a month, median $133, 334 plans from 25 retailers; SA Power Networks (Adelaide): cheapest iO Energy Sustainable Home (Electrify) $129 a month, median $172, 241 plans from 25 retailers; Evoenergy (Canberra): cheapest ActewAGL Smart Saver plan time-of-use $78 a month, median $142, 128 plans from 9 retailers; TasNetworks (Hobart): cheapest Solstice Energy Standard Residential Time of Use + Off Peak Night $112 a month, median $130, 75 plans from 4 retailers. Read 8 November 2026.

Ausgrid: Tango Energy Everyday Easy$86 a month
CitiPower: GloBird Energy GloBird FULLHOUSE Residential (Flat Rate With Controlled Load)-Citipower$84 a month
Energex: AGL Residential Three for Free$94 a month
SA Power Networks: iO Energy Sustainable Home (Electrify)$129 a month
Evoenergy: ActewAGL Smart Saver plan time-of-use$78 a month
TasNetworks: Solstice Energy Standard Residential Time of Use + Off Peak Night$112 a month

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The spread within a state

Victoria: 514 plans from 26 retailers across 5 networks, cheapest GloBird Energy GloBird FULLHOUSE Residential (Flat Rate With Controlled Load)-Citipower at $84 a month and dearest Flipped Energy Freedom Standing Offer - Controlled Load at $193; New South Wales: 552 plans from 27 retailers across 3 networks, cheapest Tango Energy Everyday Easy at $86 a month and dearest GEE Energy GEE Smart Saver ESSNR Time of Use + CL1 at $195; South Australia: 241 plans from 25 retailers across 1 network, cheapest iO Energy Sustainable Home (Electrify) at $129 a month and dearest iO Energy Basic Home | Free meter exchange at $227; Queensland: 358 plans from 26 retailers across 2 networks, cheapest AGL Residential Three for Free at $94 a month and dearest GEE Energy GEE Smart Saver ERGR Single Rate + CL2 at $189; ACT: 128 plans from 9 retailers across 1 network, cheapest ActewAGL Smart Saver plan time-of-use at $78 a month and dearest ActewAGL Home saver plus at $158; Tasmania: 75 plans from 4 retailers across 1 network, cheapest Solstice Energy Standard Residential Time of Use + Off Peak Night at $112 a month and dearest CovaU Basics Residential Anytime + CL(61) at $140, at 4,000 kWh a year. The gap between cheapest and dearest is what choosing badly costs on the new network.

What to do

Put the new postcode into the bill check with the kilowatt-hours from your current bill, or the household size if you have no bill yet; every published plan on the new network is priced on it, cheapest first, and the hand-off goes to the retailer's own page.

Questions this guide answers

Do electricity prices change when I move?

The plans and rates are published per distribution network, so a move to a different network is a different list. Tonight the cheapest at 4,000 kWh is $86 a month on Ausgrid, $84 a month on CitiPower, $94 a month on Energex, $129 a month on SA Power Networks, $78 a month on Evoenergy, $112 a month on TasNetworks, read 8 November 2026.

How do I know which network the new address is on?

The energy postcode pages and the bill check look it up from the postcode.

What is the cheapest plan on Ausgrid?

Tango Energy Everyday Easy at an estimated $86 a month at 4,000 kWh a year, read 8 November 2026.

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