Anyone interested in an update should call AGL and ask to speak to "James" from the Energy Management team.

At least, that's what the helpful folks on the phone told me.

I've left a message for James to call me back, and will relay the information here for anyone interested (if I do get a call back that is, as you can see from this thread AGL doesn't appear too interested in engaging with us).

Hi @Stephen2Aus  and @MikeP, thanks for reaching out to us and it's great to see your interest in V2G/H!

We're just as excited as you are to get the ball rolling on bi-directional charging in our trial; unfortunately, as @David_AGL mentioned earlier, we have run into some complex tech and compliance issues which we are still working through. 

At this stage I can't add a lot more I'm afraid, but I'm hoping to have a more substantial update in the next month or two as we work through the kinks.

I'll be sure to post an update in this thread when we have more info that we can share 🙂

Hi @Jmorley - unfortunately expressions of interest in the V2G trial have closed, we have a (very long) list of interested participants which were gathered last year.

Regarding units being approved; whilst they are approved for sale, they're not yet approved by the Clean Energy Council or distribution networks.

See this excerpt from the ABC article shared at the top of this post:

"The Clean Energy Council (CEC) maintains a database of smart inverters, which is used by distribution networks and other installers as a quick way to determine what's been certified as safe. 

But the CEC is still deliberating over how to classify the charger and hasn't yet added it to the database, Mr Washington said.

JET Charge has decided to sell the charger without CEC approval.

A CEC spokesperson confirmed CEC approval was not required for the chargers to be sold in Australia, but added that customers should check with their distribution network before having one installed."

After these approvals there is still a lot of technical development & testing effort required on our end before we're comfortable putting them in customers homes.

I can't speak for Jet Charge personally, but they do have an enquiry form for registering interest in V2G chargers on their website if you're curious about their progress & availability.

@MikeP - we've not seen any progress on the Highbury charger either. Looking at their half-yearly report it says they're planning a bench demonstration of the tech by the end of 2022, so I think it is probably a fair way off being commercially available.