Origin Basic (2 Period TOU)

Provided by Origin Energy

Available to customers on the United Energy distribution network.

Plan last updated 6 months ago

🕐 Time of use tariff🌞 Solar tariff🌱 Green power available

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The following charges all contribute to the cost of this plan.

Daily charge fee

A daily charge fee is charged by your retailer each day you are connected to the grid.

$1.10 (inc GST) per day

Electricity import costs

What most people think of when they think of "how much electricity costs", this table shows much you pay for a kilowatt hour (kWh) of electricity.

Time of useMid-1am1am-2am2am-3am3am-4am4am-5am5am-6am6am-7am7am-8am8am-9am9am-10am10am-11am11am-12amNoon-1pm1pm-2pm2pm-3pm3pm-4pm4pm-5pm5pm-6pm6pm-7pm7pm-8pm8pm-9pm9pm-10pm10pm-11pm11pm-12pm
Weekday23.13c / kWh38.30c / kWh23.13c / kWh
Weekend23.13c / kWh38.30c / kWh23.13c / kWh

Solar feed-in tariff

Your solar tariff determines how much you earn for excess solar power fed into the grid.

Time of useMid-1am1am-2am2am-3am3am-4am4am-5am5am-6am6am-7am7am-8am8am-9am9am-10am10am-11am11am-12amNoon-1pm1pm-2pm2pm-3pm3pm-4pm4pm-5pm5pm-6pm6pm-7pm7pm-8pm8pm-9pm9pm-10pm10pm-11pm11pm-12pm
Export income3.63c / kWh

Controlled load import costs

This plan does not have a controlled load tariff option available.

Contract details

This is a summary of some pieces of the contract associated with this plan, provided by Origin Energy. Please make sure you check the info sheet for final info before signing up.

General terms

Not available all areas or for new properties being connected for the first time. For residential customers only. To find out more visit www.originenergy.com.au/2889/Terms-and-conditions

Eligibility

This plan is available to the following customers.

  • Offer only available to residential customers.

Incentives

This plan offers the following incentives.

  • Origin Go Zero Electricity: If you take up Origin Go Zero Electricity, we will offset the greenhouse gas emissions from your electricity or gas supply through Climate Active, a government-backed carbon neutral certification scheme. The cost is $1.50 per week(Incl. GST).
  • Solar feed-in tariffs: If on 1 Nov 2024 you were an active Origin customer receiving the Victorian government Premium Feed-In Tariff, then from 2 Nov 2024 you could receive a FIT of 6 cents made up of our standard retailer FIT of 3.3c/kWh and an additional FIT of 2.7c /kWh.

Green power

This plan allows you to purchase green power.

  • GreenPower 25: For 1.13 cents/kWh 25% of your electricity usage is matched with electricity from Government accredited GreenPower sources
  • GreenPower 50: For 2.25 cents/kWh 50% of your electricity usage is matched with electricity from Government accredited GreenPower sources
  • GreenPower 100: For 4.50 cents/kWh 100% of your electricity usage is matched with electricity from Government accredited GreenPower sources

Contract expiry

Ongoing contract which continues until you or we end it. The benefit period is 12 months.