The 9 Best Business Electricity Suppliers in Australia

While AGL does offer a nice and affordable plan for smaller businesses (which we detail in the price plan section below), its unique big business functionalities make it a good shout for those larger companies. The AGL PUMP platform, for example, is for businesses with an energy consumption of more than 5GWh per year. Through this platform, you can manage your own energy purchasing, and lock in your energy prices for a quarter, calendar year, or financial year. Businesses with multiple sites can also use AGL for Business, a portal that enables you to easily manage every site’s energy usage, bills, and reports, in one place.

Alinta Energy’s comparably cheap sample quote of $4,988 per year immediately drew our attention, especially since Alinta is the only supplier on this list to offer up an annual quote that comes in below $5,000. Much of this affordability comes down to the hefty 31% discount (almost a third!) that the company offers to new business customers based in New South Wales. Alinta doesn’t specify how long this discount lasts for, so we’d advise confirming that with Alinta if you’re interested in this plan.

If your business is spread across several sites, EnergyAustralia is well worth a look. It’s home to a dedicated multi-site team, who’ll work alongside you to create a tailored plan that effectively supplies your business on a site-by-site basis. Once you’re set up, EnergyAustralia will send you a consolidated invoice summary once a month, as well as reports that analyse your business’s consumption across all of your sites. This can help you easily keep on top of your bills, and even spot opportunities to cut back and save some cash.

Charging just 21.33 cents per kWh of electricity at the time of this writing, Momentum’s Self Serve business energy plan – designed for small businesses – boasts the cheapest usage rate on this list. If you’re looking to pay as little as possible (and who isn’t?), it’s definitely a plan worth investigating – but just be wary that Momentum’s daily supply charge is edging towards the pricier end of the scale.

With 2.2 million customers across Australia, Origin is the most popular energy supplier in the country. But what stands out most to us is its expertise and generosity in the field of solar energy. Origin’s dedicated experts can help businesses to get set up with solar in a few simple steps, while its Solar Boost plan boasts a generous feed-in tariff rate of 20 cents for every kWh of solar electricity you export (that’s 13 cents more than the average 7 cent payback). If you’d like to power your business with your own solar panels, definitely look into Origin.

Greenpeace consistently rates Powershop as Australia’s greenest energy supplier, so it should definitely be a strong contender for your business if you’re environmentally-conscious. Both the organisation and its energy are certified carbon neutral (making it the only Australian energy supplier that can claim this title), while 100% of its energy is generated by Australian-owned renewable farms, stations, and plants.

All of Red Energy’s business energy plans are solid, but the one that stands out the most to us – and probably to businesses that often use Qantas flights to get around – is its Qantas Red Business Saver. When you sign up to this electricity plan, you’ll earn 10,000 bonus Qantas points for your business travel account – plus an extra 5,000 if you also sign up for gas. And, you’ll earn two Qantas points for every dollar you spend with Red when you pay your energy bills in full. That’s potentially a lot of flight rewards for you and your jetsetting small business team!

In case you couldn’t tell from the name, Simply Energy aims to make paying for business energy simpler – and that comes through in its unique offering. If your business has a smart meter, Simply Energy will send you a weekly email that summarises your energy consumption, meaning no more nasty surprises when the bill comes – and, if you use dedicated accounting software like Xero or MYOB, Simply can provide e-bills that can be directly uploaded to it. If you’re based in Victoria, Simply Energy can even check your plan for you – making sure you’re on the cheapest available – every four months.

With an average customer score of 3.9 out of 5, Tango has the happiest customers on this list (aside from Powershop, which has also earned an average of 3.9, but from fewer reviewers). In particular, Tango customers praise the company’s award-winning, Australia-based customer service team. According to a survey from Choice, Tango’s team answers 80% of phone calls within just 30 seconds, while only 0.8% of its customers lodged complaints between 2019 and 2020. Of course, Tango does have the smallest customer base on this list (it serves just over 60,000 customers across Australia), which might well go some way to explaining the attention and care it’s able to give to its users.