Australia electricity prices
The residential electricity price in Australia is
AUD 0.387 per kWh or USD 0.252.
The electricity price for businesses is
AUD 0.401 kWh or
USD 0.261.
These retail prices were collected in December 2024 and include the cost of power, distribution and transmission, and all taxes and fees.
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Historical quarterly data, along with the latest update from June 2025 are available for download.
Sources: Department of Treasury, ActewAGL, AGL Energy, Aurora Energy, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australian Energy Regulator (AER), Government of Western Australia, Utilities Commission of the Northern Territory
Electricity price analysis for Australia
- Residential electricity prices in Australia are 160.22% of the world average electricity price and 110.33% of the average price in Oceania.
- Business electricity rates in Australia are 169.17% of the world average price and 100.00% of the average in Oceania.
- Household rates are 96.51% of the business rates.
- Electricity prices paid by small businesses in Australia are 84.12% of the prices paid by big businesses.
- The price paid by households with low electricity consumption is 144.97% of the price paid by households with high electricity consumption.
The energy mix of Australia
Based on the United States Energy Information Adminstration data from 2022, electricity in Australia is produced from the following sources: fossil fuels 66.11%,
wind 12.08%,
solar 15.32%,
hydro 6.49%,
nuclear 0.00%, and
geothermal 0.00%.
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