Electricity price history

How the typical electricity plan cost has moved, month by month. Each point is the median estimated annual cost of the residential plans in force at the start of that month, at 4,000 kWh a year.

$1,625$1,986$2,348 July 2025Oct 2026
Typical electricity plan cost, all states: from $1,708 (July 2025) to $1,885 (Oct 2026).
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Typical electricity plan cost, all states
DateMedian estimated annual cost
July 2025$1,708
Aug 2025$1,708
Sept 2025$1,708
Oct 2025$1,708
Nov 2025$1,708
Dec 2025$1,708
Jan 2026$1,708
Feb 2026$1,708
Mar 2026$2,029
Apr 2026$2,264
May 2026$2,264
June 2026$2,264
July 2026$1,893
Aug 2026$1,893
Sept 2026$1,909
Oct 2026$1,885

New South Wales

$1,904$2,180$2,456 Mar 2026Oct 2026
Typical electricity plan cost in New South Wales: from $2,392 (Mar 2026) to $1,999 (Oct 2026).
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Typical electricity plan cost in New South Wales
DateEstimated annual cost
Mar 2026$2,392
Apr 2026$2,392
May 2026$2,392
June 2026$2,392
July 2026$1,968
Aug 2026$1,982
Sept 2026$2,022
Oct 2026$1,999

Victoria

$1,678$1,808$1,937 July 2025Oct 2026
Typical electricity plan cost in Victoria: from $1,708 (July 2025) to $1,745 (Oct 2026).
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Typical electricity plan cost in Victoria
DateEstimated annual cost
July 2025$1,708
Aug 2025$1,708
Sept 2025$1,708
Oct 2025$1,708
Nov 2025$1,708
Dec 2025$1,708
Jan 2026$1,708
Feb 2026$1,708
Mar 2026$1,708
Apr 2026$1,849
May 2026$1,849
June 2026$1,907
July 2026$1,829
Aug 2026$1,757
Sept 2026$1,747
Oct 2026$1,745

Queensland

$1,701$1,977$2,253 Mar 2026Oct 2026
Typical electricity plan cost in Queensland: from $2,189 (Mar 2026) to $1,764 (Oct 2026).
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Typical electricity plan cost in Queensland
DateEstimated annual cost
Mar 2026$2,189
Apr 2026$2,189
May 2026$2,189
June 2026$2,189
July 2026$1,820
Aug 2026$1,820
Sept 2026$1,820
Oct 2026$1,764

South Australia

$2,103$2,131$2,160 July 2026Aug 2026Sept 2026Oct 2026
Typical electricity plan cost in South Australia: from $2,109 (July 2026) to $2,151 (Oct 2026).
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Typical electricity plan cost in South Australia
DateEstimated annual cost
July 2026$2,109
Aug 2026$2,123
Sept 2026$2,153
Oct 2026$2,151

Tasmania

$1,710$1,722$1,733 July 2026Aug 2026Sept 2026Oct 2026
Typical electricity plan cost in Tasmania: from $1,730 (July 2026) to $1,713 (Oct 2026).
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Typical electricity plan cost in Tasmania
DateEstimated annual cost
July 2026$1,730
Aug 2026$1,713
Sept 2026$1,713
Oct 2026$1,713

Australian Capital Territory

$1,680$1,904$2,128 July 2026Aug 2026Sept 2026Oct 2026
Typical electricity plan cost in Australian Capital Territory: from $2,077 (July 2026) to $1,732 (Oct 2026).
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Typical electricity plan cost in Australian Capital Territory
DateEstimated annual cost
July 2026$2,077
Aug 2026$2,038
Sept 2026$1,968
Oct 2026$1,732

Months with fewer than three priced plans are left out. Old prices are kept, never overwritten, so this history only grows. Every individual change