What a household your size pays
What should a five or more person household in Cairns pay for electricity?
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A household of five or more people in Cairns uses about 9,715 kWh of electricity a year on the AER's benchmark (climate zone 1, QLD, five or more people). At today's published prices on the Ergon Energy network, that costs about $2,834 a year on the cheapest plan, Ergon Energy's Tariff 12E, and $3,044 on the median of 32 plans from 5 retailers; read from the regulator's feed on 8 November 2026.
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The figures
| AER benchmark usage | 9,715 kWh a year (summer 2,690 kWh, autumn 2,404 kWh, winter 2,365 kWh, spring 2,256 kWh) |
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| Cheapest plan at that usage | Ergon Energy Tariff 12E: $2,834 a year ($236 a month) |
| Median plan | $3,044 a year |
| Dearest plan | $4,210 a year |
| Plans compared | 32 from 5 retailers on 1 network |
Sources: AER residential energy consumption benchmarks (Frontier Economics, December 2020; postcodes updated June 2021); Energy Made Easy plan data (Australian Energy Regulator). Estimates from published rates at the stated usage; not retailer quotes.
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