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Energy Super Review

Founded in 1978, Energy Super was an Industry super fund linked to employees of the energy industry.
Energy Super merged with LGIA Super in 2021 and rebranded to Brighter Super in 2022.

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Energy Super Performance

Energy Super rebranded to Brighter Super in 2022, so we’ve included Brighter Super’s performance, fees and asset allocation figures below.
Brighter Super’s MySuper option has outperformed the median over 1 and 3 years but under performed over 5 years.
Check out our more in depth analysis of Energy Super Performance
See Energy Super vs AustralianSuper to see how Energy Super compares with Australia’s biggest super fund and for a comparison against all funds see compare super funds.
Select an investment option from the menu below to see performance Vs the relevant median.

Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance.

Energy Super Fees

Energy Super’s fees for their MySuper investment option is close to the median of other similar options listed on Review My Super.
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Returns to April 30 2026

Investment Option 1 Year 3 Year 5 Year
Brighter Super - MySuper 10.46% 9.04% 7.11%
Median 10.5% 8.8% 6.8%
Brighter Super - MySuper VS Median -0.04% 0.24% 0.31%

Fees

Investment Option Flat Fee Percentage Based Fee Fee Based on 50k
Brighter Super - MySuper 26 0.72% $386

Asset Allocation

RankAsset%
1 Australian Shares 24%
2 International Shares 32.5%
3 Fixed Interest 16.5%
4 Alternative 15%
5 Property 7%
6 Cash 5%

Returns to April 30 2026

Investment Option 1 Year 3 Year 5 Year
Brighter Super Accum - Secure 2.5% 3.6% 2.57%
Median - - -
Brighter Super Accum - Secure VS Median 2.5% 3.6% 2.57%

Fees

Investment Option Flat Fee Percentage Based Fee Fee Based on 50k
Brighter Super Accum - Secure 26 0.62% $336

Asset Allocation

RankAsset%
1 Australian Shares 2%
2 International Shares 3%
3 Fixed Interest 63%
4 Alternative 6%
5 Property 5%
6 Cash 21%

Returns to April 30 2026

Investment Option 1 Year 3 Year 5 Year
Brighter Super Accum - Cash 3.8% 4.07% 2.98%
Median - - -
Brighter Super Accum - Cash VS Median 3.8% 4.07% 2.98%

Fees

Investment Option Flat Fee Percentage Based Fee Fee Based on 50k
Brighter Super Accum - Cash 26 0.17% $111

Asset Allocation

RankAsset%
1 Cash 100%

Returns to April 30 2026

Investment Option 1 Year 3 Year 5 Year
Brighter Super Accum - Diversified Fixed Interest 0.86% 2.45% 0.68%
Median - - -
Brighter Super Accum - Diversified Fixed Interest VS Median 0.86% 2.45% 0.68%

Fees

Investment Option Flat Fee Percentage Based Fee Fee Based on 50k
Brighter Super Accum - Diversified Fixed Interest 26 0.32% $186

Asset Allocation

RankAsset%
1 Fixed Interest 100%

Returns to April 30 2026

Investment Option 1 Year 3 Year 5 Year
Brighter Super Accum - Property 11.02% 1.72% 4.72%
Median 10.5% 8.8% 6.8%
Brighter Super Accum - Property VS Median 0.52% -7.08% -2.08%

Fees

Investment Option Flat Fee Percentage Based Fee Fee Based on 50k
Brighter Super Accum - Property 26 0.88% $466

Asset Allocation

RankAsset%
1 Property 100%

Returns to April 30 2026

Investment Option 1 Year 3 Year 5 Year
Brighter Super Accum - Australian Shares 9.26% 9.58% 8.94%
Median 11.6% 10.1% 7.8%
Brighter Super Accum - Australian Shares VS Median -2.34% -0.52% 1.14%

Fees

Investment Option Flat Fee Percentage Based Fee Fee Based on 50k
Brighter Super Accum - Australian Shares 26 0.44% $246

Asset Allocation

RankAsset%
1 Australian Shares 100%

Returns to April 30 2026

Investment Option 1 Year 3 Year 5 Year
Brighter Super Accum - Indexed Balanced 8.89% 9.69% 7.51%
Median 10.5% 8.8% 6.8%
Brighter Super Accum - Indexed Balanced VS Median -1.61% 0.89% 0.71%

Fees

Investment Option Flat Fee Percentage Based Fee Fee Based on 50k
Brighter Super Accum - Indexed Balanced 26 0.26% $156

Asset Allocation

RankAsset%
1 Australian Shares 35%
2 International Shares 40%
3 Fixed Interest 20%
4 Cash 5%

Energy Super Insurance

Energy Super offers Death, TPD and Income protection.
A certain amount of death and TPD is provided as default, depending on your age.
Default cover is unitised, where you pay a set price for each unit of cover you hold. The benefit value of each unit changes as you get older. However, you can also apply for fixed cover, where the cover is fixed and the premium changes as you get older. There is a limit of $5 million for death cover and $3 million for TPD cover.
Some members must apply for Income protection, though for others the cover may be offered by default.

Fund details

ABN: 33 761 363 685

USI: 33 761 363 685 00

Address: PO Box 10530 Brisbane Adelaide Street QLD 4000

Read their PDS and TMD for further details.

Energy Super Reviews

3.5 out of 5 stars from 3 customer reviews on Australia’s best superannuation review site Review My Super.
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3 years ago
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Not proactive with account management

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They have merged with LAIG and became Brighter Super, they havent proformed well. seam to be going backwards.

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Great super

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