Guides
Electricity in South East Queensland, without the sales pitch.
Short, specific explanations of the things that decide what you pay. Written by the people who built the pricing engine, sourced to the official pages, and updated when the rules change. Unsure of a word? Try the glossary of bill terms. Have a specific question? The ones people ask most are under straight answers, and what is changing right now is on the blog.
The Solar Sharer Offer in South East Queensland, explained
Three free hours of electricity between 11am and 2pm, from 1 July 2026. Who can get it, what it costs elsewhere on the bill, and who actually comes out ahead.
How to read your Queensland electricity bill
Supply charge, usage rates, controlled load, feed-in credit, the reference-price line and the NMI. What each part means and which ones decide whether you are overpaying.
Tariff 31 and Tariff 33: Energex controlled loads explained
What a controlled load is, the difference between the night-rate and economy tariffs, what belongs on each, and how they change which plan is cheapest.
For households in South East Queensland
Find out if you’re overpaying. One bill, about five minutes.
We price every plan available to your home on your actual usage and tell you which are worth switching to, with every figure worked out by code and explained in plain English. Paid by you, never by a retailer.
- Your estimated yearly cost on your plan, and on every other plan sold where you live
- The plans worth switching to, each with a reason and a watch-out
- A 12-month forecast you can check against your next bills
Check My Plan
$9.99, once. Nothing renews.
Upload a recent bill and have the answer today: where your plan sits, what you could save, and exactly what to do about it.
- Nothing charged until you've seen your profile
- Full refund if we can't produce your comparison
- Report usually within two minutes of payment
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