Retailer rates by network
Every retailer's blended usage rate in every network. GST in, conditional discounts out. Supply charges are shown separately.
33 retailers · 13 networks · small business · GST in · conditional discounts out cell = supply c/day · usage c/kWh · — = not published cheapest dearest · by usage rate, within each column
| c/day · c/kWh | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | — | 128 22.4 | 117 24.2 | 139 25.0 | 4516 23.6 | 5445 27.1 | 341 24.3 | 167 28.8 | 8214 26.3 | 2381 30.0 | 129 34.2 | 502 29.6 | 955 33.7 |
| | — | 111 17.6 | 143 23.8 | 135 19.5 | 235 22.2 | 214 29.8 | 304 27.1 | 130 23.1 | 225 31.8 | 373 33.3 | 120 31.8 | 168 39.1 | 171 41.2 |
| | 583 24.2 | 152 24.8 | 145 21.7 | 170 27.4 | 241 27.9 | — | 286 29.3 | 160 28.6 | 244 34.0 | 302 34.5 | 129 34.2 | 155 41.3 | 176 37.7 |
| | 464 21.2 | 128 20.8 | 129 21.4 | 143 22.9 | 228 25.1 | — | 298 25.3 | 140 24.1 | 195 27.6 | 324 28.9 | 109 28.7 | — | 152 36.7 |
| | — | 130 20.9 | 128 23.7 | 145 21.3 | 235 26.0 | — | 645 15.4 | 140 26.6 | 154 32.4 | 437 28.1 | 106 31.5 | 198 31.8 | 143 41.6 |
| | — | 152 24.8 | 220 24.0 | 170 27.4 | 262 28.9 | — | 373 31.6 | 167 28.8 | 244 34.5 | 406 35.4 | 129 34.2 | 177 34.8 | 186 42.3 |
| | — | 494 18.0 | 199 11.4 | 130 11.4 | 167 20.0 | — | 342 14.6 | 145 26.2 | 167 20.8 | 318 22.8 | 110 31.4 | 153 21.8 | — |
| | — | 110 21.3 | 121 21.7 | 132 23.2 | 152 15.6 | — | 297 24.8 | 144 23.1 | 230 18.0 | 306 28.0 | 101 26.3 | — | 132 32.1 |
| | — | 84 17.3 | 75 18.3 | 101 19.0 | 156 24.8 | — | 336 24.8 | 107 22.7 | 197 30.2 | 531 24.2 | 79 27.4 | — | 226 39.9 |
| | — | 134 17.6 | 136 18.2 | 149 18.8 | 238 20.7 | — | 341 27.4 | 148 23.5 | 215 26.6 | 357 31.9 | 114 30.1 | — | 163 33.6 |
| | — | 112 21.7 | 115 22.3 | 124 24.0 | 228 24.2 | — | 275 25.6 | 124 25.1 | 236 29.1 | 292 34.6 | 107 29.2 | — | 164 37.9 |
| | — | 143 16.7 | 145 17.7 | 160 18.9 | 206 23.0 | — | 341 26.8 | 157 25.9 | 227 28.3 | 377 25.8 | 122 30.1 | — | 173 37.3 |
| | — | 127 23.1 | 118 24.2 | 136 24.9 | 233 26.3 | — | 204 26.7 | 138 27.6 | 150 30.5 | 204 29.8 | 122 33.7 | — | 160 39.9 |
| | — | 152 23.0 | 154 24.1 | 170 25.7 | 261 27.4 | — | 377 31.6 | 160 28.1 | 258 33.1 | 406 34.5 | 129 33.8 | — | 186 42.5 |
| | — | 145 23.5 | 146 24.3 | 161 26.0 | 219 28.6 | — | 323 31.2 | 159 27.3 | 197 34.1 | 349 31.8 | 123 32.5 | — | 129 44.3 |
| | — | 152 24.8 | 154 25.6 | 170 27.4 | 262 28.9 | — | 373 31.6 | 167 28.8 | 244 34.5 | 406 36.2 | 129 34.2 | — | 186 44.8 |
| | — | 152 24.8 | 154 25.6 | 170 27.4 | 262 28.9 | — | 373 31.6 | 167 28.8 | 244 34.5 | 379 36.2 | 129 34.2 | — | 186 44.8 |
| | — | 133 24.0 | 125 21.4 | 143 26.6 | 198 33.9 | — | 268 36.1 | 141 28.6 | 173 38.2 | 378 42.8 | 126 35.3 | — | 131 48.5 |
| | — | 152 24.8 | 154 25.6 | 170 27.4 | — | — | 377 31.6 | 167 28.8 | 258 34.5 | 421 30.6 | 129 34.2 | — | 186 44.8 |
| | — | — | — | — | 262 28.9 | 213 30.6 | 372 31.5 | — | 243 34.4 | 405 40.3 | — | 387 37.8 | 185 44.8 |
| | — | 205 15.4 | 208 15.6 | 593 16.3 | — | — | — | 215 23.2 | — | — | 186 27.3 | 185 40.9 | — |
| | — | 167 23.3 | 152 25.3 | 207 24.9 | — | — | — | 165 28.5 | — | — | 128 33.9 | — | 190 38.4 |
| | — | 152 24.8 | 154 25.6 | 170 27.4 | — | — | — | 167 28.8 | 244 34.5 | — | 129 34.2 | — | — |
| | — | — | — | — | 262 28.9 | — | 750 25.0 | — | 160 25.0 | 406 36.2 | — | — | 186 44.8 |
| | — | 167 28.4 | 171 29.7 | 177 30.7 | — | — | — | 168 33.3 | — | — | 149 38.5 | — | — |
| | — | — | — | — | 131 21.3 | 373 21.3 | 236 29.0 | — | 140 41.1 | — | — | — | — |
| | — | — | 154 25.6 | 170 27.4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 129 34.2 | — | — |
| | — | — | — | — | — | — | 372 31.5 | — | 243 34.4 | 405 40.3 | — | — | — |
| | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 244 34.5 | 406 36.2 | — | 263 32.6 | — |
| | 552 15.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| | 464 22.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| | — | — | — | — | — | 179 26.1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 186 44.8 |
How the blended rate is worked out
A blended usage rate is the plan's whole usage charge divided by the usage. Take a typical household's annual usage, work out what the plan would charge for that year, subtract the daily supply charges (they don't change with usage), and divide what's left by the kWh. That gives one number in c/kWh.
- Flat plan: the blended rate is just its usage rate.
- Time-of-use plan: the rates are averaged, weighted by how much of a typical household's electricity falls in each window. Grid Rates uses a 24-hour residential demand curve from AEMO and AER load research and maps every hour of the week onto the plan's own peak, shoulder and off-peak windows, so evening-heavy usage makes peak count for more than its share of the clock.
- Tiered gas plan: the cost of the whole year's MJ divided by the MJ, so it is the average across the tiers, not the marginal rate at the top. Gas is blended at a fixed reference household of 31,500 MJ a year with gas hot water, cooking and heating.
- GST and discounts are in, because they are in the estimate.
Flat or time-of-use?
| Where a retailer offers both | Cells |
|---|---|
| Flat plan is cheaper | 59 (51%) |
| Time-of-use plan is cheaper | 57 (49%) |
| The two are within 1c | 13 |
On a typical household's usage pattern the two come out about even, and the gap is usually small. Time-of-use only pays if you can move usage into the off-peak hours, such as charging a car or running hot water and appliances overnight. If your day looks average, a flat rate costs about the same and there is nothing to manage.