About
Independently verifiable energy data, in plain English
EnergyPlans is an Australian energy comparison platform. We compare electricity and gas plans across every state and build our own reference price data so you can see, in real dollars, how the cheapest plan on our panel compares to the regulated benchmark.
The data we build
Most comparison sites resell the same plan feed. Our edge is our own data. We track thousands of published plans and build reference price datasets from public regulator and government sources: the AER, the Victorian Essential Services Commission, and the Consumer Data Right. That data is sourced and calculated independently of any commercial relationship we have. How we work it out is set out in full on our methodology page.
How we make money
EnergyPlans is free to use. When you compare plans and switch through us, the retailer you choose pays us a commission. That commission does not change the price you pay: you get the same plan at the same price as going direct. It also does not touch our data. Our reference price index is built from public regulator data, and which retailers pay us a commission has no bearing on the reference prices we publish or the savings we calculate.
What we don’t do
We don’t compare every plan in the market: we compare the plans available through our panel, so we never claim to show you the whole market. No retailer can pay to rank higher in our index, and we don’t badge any plan as “recommended”. The index is data, not advertising.
The person behind it
James Baker — Founder, EnergyPlans.com.au
I built EnergyPlans in early 2025 after trying to compare electricity plans for my own home and realising the whole process was designed to be confusing.
Every comparison site I found either showed me a handful of sponsored plans, buried the commission disclosure in fine print, or made me wade through irrelevant jargon to get to the actual cost. None of them started from the government reference price, the AER’s Default Market Offer, which is the one number that actually tells you whether a plan is good value or not.
So I built a site that does.
EnergyPlans uses the AER’s DMO and the ESC’s Victorian Default Offer as the baseline for every comparison. You see how your plan stacks up against the regulated reference price before you see anything else. The commission disclosure is at the top, not the bottom.
It’s still a small operation that I run alongside other work, but the data is updated regularly, the methodology is documented, and I’m genuinely trying to make this useful rather than just profitable.
If you’ve got feedback or a question, email me directly: james@energyplans.com.au
Get in touch
General: support@energyplans.com.au. Media: media@energyplans.com.au. Operated by EnergyPlans (ABN 37 686 762 158).
See the Electricity Reference Price Index or read the methodology.
Last reviewed 1 July 2026.