SolarQuotes customer Louise Potgieter invested in a home battery system expecting to cut her bills down to size. She went on holiday, only to return to an unpleasantly large bill. She’s written about what happened, what to look out for, and how the right inverter paired with a 3 free hours of power plan solved the predicament.
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Do You Have The Right Inverter For 3 Free Hours Of Power?
Solar Sharer: 3 Hours Of Free Power Explained
Three hours of free electricity every day sounds like a pretty good deal on the face of it.
That’s the promise behind the Solar Sharer Offer, a new scheme launching in NSW, South-East Queensland and South Australia from July 2026.
In a recent SolarQuotes video, SolarQuotes founder Finn Peacock breaks down what’s actually going on — and why “free power” isn’t quite as simple as it sounds. [Read more…]
Battery Boom Delivers Power Bill Drop For 2026/27
The Australian Energy Regulator (AER) has released its final Default Market Offer (DMO) determination for 2026–27, with most households across NSW, South East Queensland and South Australia set to see lower benchmark electricity prices from July. [Read more…]
Power Network Costs To Rise Nationally, With One Exception
The Australian Energy Regulator has completed its annual round of electricity network pricing approvals across most of the country, with one state defying the national trend for higher costs. [Read more…]
Too Much Of A Good Thing: Dynamic Solar Connections Explained
Solar panels installed by Limitless Energy.
When Australian households first started installing solar, there were almost no restrictions on how much energy they could export back to the grid, and they received up to 60c per kWh for exporting it. Fast forward to today, and we have millions of rooftop solar systems meeting more than 13% of the country’s electricity demand. [Read more…]
When A Battery Company Sues Its Critics, It Tells You Everything
We’ve been running this website for 16 years. In that time, we’ve published tens of thousands of reviews and written plenty of posts about installers and manufacturers. Shock horror, some have been critical. [Read more…]
The Risk Behind ‘Upgradeable’ Battery Leases
A Queensland homeowner got a solar-battery system under a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) through ShineHub, expecting it could be expanded later. Just a couple of years into a 10 year contract, the homeowner says he was told to throw away his battery and inverter and start again if he wanted more capacity — even though the system still worked. [Read more…]
Australian Refinery Plan To Ease Fuel Crisis
Common sense says refineries process oil, not make it, so more Australian refining capacity would be useless in the current oil shortage. But common sense isn’t always right. Here’s how the federal government’s New Australian Refinery Plan, announced April 1, will help the nation power through the fuel crisis.
Victoria Announces ‘Midday Power Saver’ With 3 Hours Free Power
Victoria will roll out its own version of “free daytime power” from October 1, becoming the latest state to introduce free electricity during the middle of the day. [Read more…]
Energy Regulator Details Free Daytime Power Offer
Late last week, the Australian Energy Regulator went and shoved a Default Market Offer document onto the internet. But don’t worry — that’s normal behaviour for an Energy Regulator around this time of year. The important thing is, it came with information on the Solar Sharer Offer that will make 3 hours of free daytime electricity available in NSW, SA, and South East Queensland to anyone with a smart meter who wants it, from July 1.
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