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SolarVaulter Conductor
5 hours ago

Re: Introducing the Battery Rewards Plan

@Tony9 I have a 20kw 3 phase inverter so I can export up to 15kw. Makes it really easy to cover the daily supply charge and some.It does make financial sense for me to exhaust the battery right at 9pm to maximize the high battery feed-in rate and then to use the lower (20c) rate until the morning when the solar kicks in again. I only use about 0.5kw/hr from 9pm until sunrise so it’s about 4.5kw x 20c. It works out to about $130 approx per year better off to do this. Not really worth chasing on i ...
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SolarVaulter Conductor
8 hours ago

Re: Introducing the Battery Rewards Plan

@Lester - I’m in Brisbane and on the Battery Rewards Plan. It’s a TOU plan; Daily Supply Charge is $1.60, Peak (4pm-9pm) 50c and all other times it’s 20c.I have a 20kw solar array and 40kw battery and feed in approx 25-30kw each night to max out the refund in gift cards. This is how my sums work for 12mths- $800 sign on credit if I stay for 12mths - $1600 battery feed in credit in gift cards - Nil TOU saves me approx $2000p.a- Approx $300p.a credit from solar feed in at 3c (this is after I cover ...
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SolarVaulter Conductor
8 hours ago

Re: Introducing the Battery Rewards Plan

$1.60 supply charge, 50c peak, 20c other times.
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SolarVaulter Conductor
yesterday

Re: Introducing the Battery Rewards Plan

If you’ve signed up to the Battery Rewards Plan then you wil be able to export whenever you like through the system settings of your solar and battery - I’m assuming you have an App for your battery and solar? I am not on the VPP.I have a Sigenergy system that has an App where I can set the the battery to export whenever I want on what they call “Time Based Control” - typically between 5pm and 9pm as that’s when it makes it most sense or cents  lol.Also bear in mind that on the VPP AGL can use ...
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