A 50kWh battery from near-empty costs about $14 on a flat New South Wales tariff - and about a third of that if you charge off your own roof.
$3.35per 100km at home, against $16 of petrol
Photo: NISSAN Zero Emission, Electric vehicle charging station by Mj-bird, CC BY-SA 3.0
electricity billsEvery state charges you a fixed daily fee for being connected. In Queensland it is $701 a year before a single light goes on - triple the Northern Territory.
$228–$701
30 Oct
running costsAn old second fridge in a hot garage quietly costs about $218 a year in New South Wales - and it is working harder than the one in your kitchen.
$218
29 Oct
heating & coolingA split system costs about twelve times what a ceiling fan costs for the same eight hours. The useful part is knowing when the fan is genuinely enough.
12×
28 Oct
running costsA single-speed pool pump on a seven-hour timer draws about 2,800 kWh a year - more than a fridge, a telly and a washing machine put together. Here is the bill in every state.
$786–$1,178
27 Oct
The same appliance costs 50% more to run in South Australia than in Tasmania. Getting that right is the whole job.
The Default Market Offer where the AER sets one, the Victorian Default Offer in Victoria, the dominant retailer's standard plan elsewhere.
Every dollar amount in every article is calculated at build time from one price file. When rates change, the whole site changes with them.
Supply charges, time-of-use tariffs, solar and controlled load all change the answer. Each article names the ones it excludes.
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