Energy Locals Referral Code Australia: Compare First, Then Refer

Updated August 15, 2026 • 3 min read

Step 1: compare every plan on the free government site
energymadeeasy.gov.au (NSW, QLD, SA, ACT, TAS)
compare.energy.vic.gov.au (Victoria)
Run by the Australian Energy Regulator and the Victorian Government. No ads, no commissions, no sponsored ranking.

If you are hunting for an Energy Locals referral code in Australia, do the boring step first. Upload a recent bill to the government comparison site, or type in your postcode and rough usage, and it will show you what every retailer in your area would charge you for the same electricity. It takes about five minutes.

This matters because commercial comparison sites only list retailers that pay them, and referral links only ever point at one company. The government site has no such gap. It is the only place you will see the full set of offers side by side, ranked by estimated annual cost rather than by who is paying for the placement.

Do this first: get your estimated annual cost from the government site and write down the cheapest number you see. That figure is your benchmark. Any referral offer has to beat it on the ongoing rate, not just on the signup bonus.

What the comparison will tell you

the estimated annual cost of every plan available at your address
usage rates and the daily supply charge, which is where the real money sits
whether your current plan has quietly drifted above the market
conditional discounts and what you have to do to keep them

Most people who have not switched in a couple of years find a few hundred dollars a year sitting there. Retailers rely on that inertia.

Step 2: if Energy Locals comes out well, use the referral link

Once you have your benchmark, check where Energy Locals landed. If the plan is competitive on annual cost for your usage, then the referral link is the version worth using, because you get the same plan plus the referral offer. If the referral offer is active you should receive $50 off your energy bill.

There is no separate promo code to type in. The referral is carried by the link itself, so you click through and follow the normal signup from there.

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Step 2: Energy Locals referral link
Only after you have compared. If Energy Locals stacks up for your usage, this link should get you $50 off your energy bill while the offer is active.

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Disclosure: SmartKoala may earn a referral benefit if you sign up through this link. It costs you nothing and it does not change the plan you get. Compare on the government site regardless.

Before you sign anything

check the estimated annual cost, not the headline discount percentage
check whether your current plan has exit fees or a benefit period you would forfeit
check the referral offer is still live at the time you sign up, since these come and go
read the daily supply charge, which low users often get stung by

A one-off $50 is worth roughly a fortnight of electricity for an average household. A plan that is $300 a year cheaper beats it every time, so treat the referral as a bonus on top of a good decision rather than the reason for it.

Bottom line

Compare on the government site, get your number, then decide. If Energy Locals wins on that number, use the referral link. If a different retailer wins, go with them and skip the referral; the point of the exercise is the bill you pay every quarter.