Solar electricity at Powershop

When your household uses less power than your solar panels generate, the excess power is exported to the electricity grid. Your solar inverter records what’s being exported, and sends that to your retailer. Your retailer then pays you for the energy you exported.

Once you’ve got your panels installed, call us on 1800 462 668 so we can make sure you’re all set up and ready to get your Feed-in Tariff.

The Powershop app shows your solar exports on a daily and half hourly basis (as long as you have a smart meter, which most properties with solar do). Learn more about solar insights in the app.

It takes more than just us to get power to your property. There’s a whole supply chain and everyone’s responsible for doing their bit. This means that the pricing you see on your bill is made up of a few different elements including usage charges, daily supply charge, GST, premiums on powerpacks (eg. GreenPower)
and your feed in tariff. Learn more

You can find your rates in your desktop account and in your Powershop app. Your solar Feed-in Tariff can be found on your monthly PDF bill and on our pricing page.

On desktop head to the “usage” tab, then select “your rates” on the left. On the Powershop app, (download from here), you can see your rates by selecting “Your Rates” in the menu, which can be found at the top left.

A lot of people install solar to help reduce their energy bills. There are a few simple things you need to know to be able to do this. The first is understanding how much energy your system generates, and what you are using. It’s not enough to know what your system is generating on average. You also need to know how much of an impact it has against what your household is actually using. Simply put, if you are using less than you’re generating, you should be saving. Read more

Knowing your solar system and how to use it will help you get the best savings. It can also help you to identify a problem with your panels.

Unless you’re still lucky enough to be receiving a premium Feed-in Tariff, you are generally better off using the electricity your system generates. This is because the energy your PV system is generating is free! The more free energy you can use, the better. If you are able to feed-in what you don’t use and make a few bucks – even better.

Smart meters mean we get more accurate consumption information and they don’t need a human to manually read them. We get your smart meter readings daily.