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Providers and programs
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Featured providers from our published plan and VPP references. Use your postcode in the finder to see the supported plans available for your location, or browse the VPP programs below.
Check your address, battery and inverter with the provider. These programs are listed for reference and excluded from the calculator’s annual estimates.
AGL
Bring Your Own Battery
Requires an AGL electricity plan and a compatible solar battery. Check the applicable credits and dispatch terms for your battery before joining.
Uses wholesale prices to automate charging and exports on eligible networks in NSW, VIC, SA, ACT and south-east QLD. Amber charges a $25 monthly membership fee. Check the exact battery and inverter combination.
Requires an approved battery of at least 10 kWh and a solar inverter from 5 to 15 kW. Signup and monthly bill credits depend on the offer and state. Check both before switching.
The electricity plan has scheduled charging and conditional evening credits. The optional VPP add-on has separate battery compatibility and event payments. Check the address-specific quote.
The WA battery scheme lists Plico as an alternative for eligible Synergy customers. Plico publishes a minimum of 99c per kWh for battery exports during events. Confirm your system, agreement term and any opt-out fee with Plico.
The WA battery scheme requires Horizon Power customers to join a Horizon Power VPP. Community Wave uses an approved system and a connected gateway to manage battery operation and exports. Solar buyback eligibility and rates depend on the service area and installation.
Synergy's Supported Solutions List dated 6 November 2026 marks the Growatt MOD 10KTL3-XH with its inbuilt client ready for VPP activation. The checked Sigenergy SigenStor and Sungrow SH storage entries have no activation-ready tick.
Confirm the installed inverter, client and approved battery combination with Synergy. The calculator uses a battery selection only, so Growatt APX, Sigenergy SigenStor and Sungrow SBR all require confirmation before event credits can be estimated.
Synergy may pre-charge, hold and dispatch a supported battery for up to 30 activation events per year. The contract caps the activation window at four hours. Standby typically adds about two hours. Activation exports earn 70 c/kWh, with activation and energy-offset credits each capped at installed battery capacity per event. The system requires at least 5 kWh of battery capacity and at least 2.5 kW of battery inverter capacity. Customers cannot decline individual activation events. Customers can set a reserve in the battery app. Synergy says it cannot access that reserve and publishes no fixed minimum percentage.
Two-year VPP agreement under the WA Residential Battery Scheme; customers can opt out after that term. During the initial two-year term, customers may opt out only if they no longer reside at the property or life-support equipment is required there. After the initial term, customers may opt out at any time with at least 20 business days' notice.
Compare the published import rates for your network. Exports earn 90% of the real-time wholesale market price, with separate variable credits for grid support.
Invitation required. The current plan sheets specify Powerwall 2 or 3, a compatible smart meter, Tesla App and Tesla Wallet. Check your invitation and address with Tesla before switching.
These offers are listed for reference, with no annual savings estimate or cheapest-plan ranking. Wholesale export prices and Tesla’s battery dispatch need interval-level modelling. The plan sheets’ 1c export entry is not treated as a guaranteed fixed feed-in tariff.
GST-inclusive import rates, effective 8 July 2026. Times apply every day in local time; end times are exclusive. Rates can change with notice. Confirm your network, meter tariff and final welcome-pack pricing.
Eligibility, credits and battery control
Approved grid exports and a residential property outside an embedded network are required.
Tesla may charge, discharge or pause the Powerwall for optimisation and grid services. Solar curtailment is supported on Powerwall 3, not Powerwall 2.
The Powerwall must stay online at least 95% of the time and cannot participate in another optimisation program.
The published $100 pilot credit depends on participation. Grid-services income is variable. Neither is assumed in Compare’s savings estimates.
Late-payment and distributor service fees may apply. Read the full plan sheet and Tesla’s fees schedule.
Victoria appears in the terms, but no Victorian Dynamic rate sheet was available in the linked document register when checked. No Victorian price has been assumed. These offers do not cover WA, NT, Tasmania or the Ergon network.