Plain-English answers: what we do, how we're different, where prices are heading and how to pay less.
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Every plan we track, priced for your home.
Members get a heads-up only when it's worth it.
Three different jobs. They work well together.
Utilo prices 970 plans from 27 retailers, not every plan in the market. Membership is $39 a year.
Data from 2026-10-19. Before you switch, confirm the price with the retailer or on Victorian Energy Compare. Using both is a good idea. We are not affiliated with the Victorian Government. Victorian Energy Compare details are from its published guide (October 2026).
Short videos, no jargon.
From a few taps about your home to your cheapest plan.
Where to find your network, usage and rates.
What the VDO is and why it changes every July.
For a typical home using 4,000 kWh a year on a single-rate plan. Yours will differ.
Set by the ESC each year. Average residential change.
The default offer resets every 1 July. Retailers adjust their own plans through the year.
The regulator publishes a paper and asks retailers and the public for input on 2026–27.
First look at the new default prices, followed by a public forum on 23 March.
Residential prices fall by 5% on average: AusNet -8%, CitiPower, Jemena and Powercor -4%, United Energy -3%.
Prices run to 30 June 2027. Retailers update their own offers around the same time.
135 plans from 15 retailers, pulled from retailers' published data.
Based on past years. The ESC has not published this timetable yet.
Expected on the same pattern as this year.
Expected before the new prices start.
The default offer is reset every 1 July.
Dates marked expected follow past years and are not confirmed. See the ESC website for official dates.
A better plan is one lever. These are the others.
Retailers change offers all year. A plan that was cheap last year may not be now.
The daily supply charge matters as much as the cents per kWh.
If you use most power at night, off-peak rates help. If you're home by day, a flat rate may win.
What you're paid for exported power varies a lot between plans.
Dishwasher, washing and EV charging cost less outside the evening peak on a time-of-use plan.
Around 18–20°C in winter and 25–26°C in summer. Heating and cooling are usually the biggest use.
Heating water overnight on a cheap circuit can cut that cost.
TVs, consoles and chargers add up when left on.
A government program that discounts efficient products such as heating, cooling and lighting. Check what's available for you.
If you hold an eligible concession card, you may be entitled to a Victorian energy concession. Check the Victorian Government's concessions page.
Door seals and LED bulbs are cheap and pay back quickly.
And how often everything runs.
Each retailer publishes its current plans and rates in a standard public data feed under Australia's Consumer Data Right. We read those feeds directly, so the numbers come from the retailer, not typed in by hand.
19 October 2026: 970 plans from 27 retailers. The date is shown on every result.
We price every plan the same way: daily supply charge × days, plus each rate × the kWh used in that time band, plus controlled load, minus the plan's discounts (guaranteed ones, and pay-on-time or direct-debit ones, assuming you pay on time), minus any solar credit. Nothing is weighted or sponsored.
Every morning, each member's home is re-priced against every plan we track on their network.
On the 1st of each month, members get a summary of what changed and what they're saving.
The default offer (VDO) is updated each 1 July from the Essential Services Commission's final decision.
Sign-up credits and gifts, discounts with other conditions (such as bundles), fees, concessions and rebates. Each plan lists its own from the retailer's feed. Offers only some people can get, like members-only plans, are listed but never picked as your best plan.
Offers and prices change constantly. A plan that's cheapest today may not be next month, and a cheaper one can appear soon after you switch. That's normal, not a mistake. We only suggest switching again when the saving is worth the effort.
We are not affiliated with the Victorian Government, Victorian Energy Compare or any retailer. Every plan is priced with the same formula.