Live proof · Recalculated 3 November 2026
Today’s cheapest plan for a typical family
Every night we cost the entire market for one fixed household and publish the result. No sign-up, no cherry-picking. The cheapest plan is named so you can check it yourself.
The household we test
2 adults + 2 kids, with rooftop solar. About 4,800 kWh bought from the grid a year and 2,000 kWh of solar exported (a 6.6 kW system, self-consuming most of what it makes). Time-of-use plans are costed on a 40/30/30 peak/shoulder/off-peak split. The same assumptions apply in every city, so the only thing that changes is local pricing.
Origin EnergyOrigin Night Shift $1,573/yr cheapest $601 savedvs $2,174 avg 
Flow PowerFlow Home Battery + Solar + EV: Variable Prices (estimate) $993/yr cheapest $623 savedvs $1,616 avg Flow PowerFlow Home Battery+Solar+EV: Variable Prices (estimate) $1,420/yr cheapest $528 savedvs $1,948 avg 
iO EnergyBasic Home | Free meter exchange | Controlled load $1,433/yr cheapest $1,020 savedvs $2,453 avg 
ActewAGLSmart Saver plan time-of-use with controlled load $1,511/yr cheapest $563 savedvs $2,074 avg How we work this out
- Whole of market. Every AER-listed retailer’s current plans, costed on their real rates: usage, supply charge, discounts and solar feed-in.
- No commissions. We take none, so nothing is pay-to-rank. The order is purely by what the household would actually pay.
- Only plans you can sign up for. Business tariffs, and offers restricted to seniors, members or third-party clubs, are excluded from the winner.
- Recalculated nightly. Last run 3 November 2026. The market moves, so the number does too.
We show the five genuinely competitive markets. Perth and Darwin are left out on purpose: WA and the NT aren’t on the national market, so households there can’t choose their retailer and there’s nothing honest to compare.
Live grid · NSW
Wind and solar farms are supplying 46% of the grid right now, about usual for this hour.
Lately the grid has averaged about 587 g CO₂e/kWh (AEMO CDEII).
Wind and solar farms as a share of scheduled generation, from AEMO. Rooftop solar and hydro aren’t counted, so the grid is greener than this figure alone suggests. This doesn’t change what you pay: your plan’s rates are fixed.
Your home isn’t the average. See its real number
Upload one recent bill and EnergySorted costs every plan on your own usage and solar, then proves the saving against the bill you already pay.