Cheapest electricity plan for EV charging in Hobart
Hobart has the smallest retail electricity market of any Australian capital — just 5 retailers sell through TasNetworks — but even here, the plan you choose changes what an EV costs to run.
The short answer
96 plans are available in Hobart. For a Hyundai Ioniq 5 Long Range charging overnight at 12,000km a year, the cheapest comes to $221.60 and the most expensive to $636.02 — a $414.42 gap, the narrowest of any capital, which tracks with a market this small.
Solstice Energy's Select Residential Consumer Energy Resources plan is cheapest at 11.31 cents per kilowatt hour, reached through a time-of-use tariff rather than a flat EV rate — so the saving only applies if the charge actually lands inside the cheap window.
Hobart's 5 retailers, cheapest overnight rate first
Every retailer selling on the TasNetworks network, ranked by their best overnight plan. Expect to pay around $493.10 a year on a typical one.
| # | Retailer | Plan | Overnight rate | A year | Per 100km |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Solstice Energy | Select Residential Consumer Energy Resources | 11.31c | $221.60 | $1.85 |
| 2 | Energy Locals Retail | Home Choice | 15.31c | $300.06 | $2.50 |
| 3 | 1st Energy | RACT Members Only - Tariff 93, Residential | 15.40c | $301.84 | $2.52 |
| 4 | Aurora Energy | Residential Peak and Off-Peak | 15.47c | $303.26 | $2.53 |
| 5 | CovaU | Freedom Residential TOU | 18.17c | $356.13 | $2.97 |
TasNetworks network, Hyundai Ioniq 5 Long Range at 14.7 kWh per 100km. Scale the per 100km column for your own car.
Checked on 11 September 2026
Hobart prices are current to the regulator's 11 September 2026 read and exclude supply charges, demand tariffs and sign-up discounts. Full method: How we compare EV electricity plans.