Plain-English answers: what we do, how we're different, where prices are heading and how to pay less.
Sound familiar?
It's not just you. Retailers made 196 changes to their offers in the last 30 days, and introductory discounts quietly end. Start with one bill and we'll show you what you're really paying, and whether switching is worth it.
Price my bill, freeSame house. Same habits. Why is it dearer? Often a discount ended or the plan was repriced.
30 seconds. No bill? Answer a few taps.
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 962 plans from 27 retailers, not every plan in the market. Membership is $7 a month, or $39 a year.
Data from 2026-10-27. 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.
Out by day, in by night. A sharp evening peak from about 5 to 9pm: cooking, heating or cooling, screens. That window is the dearest on a time-of-use plan.
A model of a typical 4,000 kWh-a-year home, not meter data. On a time-of-use plan the shaded window is the dear part of the day; on a single-rate plan every hour costs the same. Members see their own home's shape on the dashboard.
For a typical home using 4,000 kWh a year on a single-rate plan. Yours will differ.
Assumes a residential home using 4,000 kWh a year, the regulator's typical figure, on a single-rate plan with no solar. Yearly cost of each retailer's cheapest plan, pay-on-time discounts included, prices checked 27 October 2026.
Set by the ESC each year. Average residential change.
There are two kinds of price, and they change on different clocks.
A price set by the regulator (the ESC) for anyone not on a retailer's own plan. It changes once a year, on 1 July.
Set by each retailer. They can change prices at any time of year, and new plans keep appearing.
In the last 30 days: 155 new offers and 41 price changes across Victoria, from 24 retailers. We checked every one.
The Essential Services Commission (Victoria's energy regulator) asks retailers and the public for input.
A first look at next year's default prices.
The new default prices are set.
The default offer resets. Many retailers reprice their own plans around now too.
Expected dates 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.
27 October 2026: 962 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.