{"id":32774,"date":"2019-08-23T07:30:18","date_gmt":"2019-08-22T21:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=32774"},"modified":"2024-01-03T18:35:58","modified_gmt":"2024-01-03T09:05:58","slug":"cheapest-electricity-plans-solar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/cheapest-electricity-plans-solar\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Has The Cheapest Electricity Plans For Solar Owners?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The cheapest electricity plans for 6.5kW solar owners (with median self-consumption) are Amaysim, Origin, and Energy Australia.<\/p><\/div>\n

The three most populous states — and South Australia — all have electricity retailer choice.\u00a0 This gives people the freedom to choose the electricity plan that’s best for them, while electricity retailers do their best to stop that from happening. They don’t want you getting the cheapest electricity available, so they offer plans that are confusing and impossible for the casual consumer to easily compare.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, there’s no need to panic.\u00a0 I’m going to help you out by determining the lowest cost electricity plan for solar households in every capital with retailer choice.\u00a0 It took a lot of hard work, but when it comes to helping you I’m not afraid to let Finn do most of it.\u00a0 I used\u00a0 the retailer comparison tool<\/a> he created to — hopefully — find the most cost effective plans.<\/p>\n

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You can use it yourself and enter details from your bills to personalise the results.\u00a0 It doesn’t show time-of-use tariffs, but most households with solar panels are better off without them<\/a>.\u00a0 Be aware it can only use information retailers make available, so we can’t be certain it’s always correct or that plans won’t have annoying conditions tacked on.<\/p>\n

I’m even going to save you the effort of using the comparison tool by working out the lowest cost electricity plan for a typical solar household in all states where you have a choice.\u00a0 I’ll assume the most commonly installed solar power system size today, 6.5 kilowatts<\/a>, and an average electricity consumption.\u00a0 If your consumption is less than average, don’t worry, the results don’t change.\u00a0 Provided you are exporting more energy to the grid than you import, it makes little difference.<\/p>\n

If you have a small solar power system this can change the lowest cost retailer, so I’ll also work out the cheapest plan for households with 3 kilowatts of solar<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Who Has Electricity Retailer Choice?<\/h2>\n

There is retailer choice throughout New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, and the ACT.\u00a0 It’s only in the south-east of Queensland, but that covers most of the state’s population.\u00a0 Capitals with retailer choice are:<\/p>\n