Solar Sharer in south-east Queensland (Energex)
By Sithum Imarsha Last reviewed
With a 3-person home on Energex and the flat default offer, the Solar Sharer plan costs $81 less a year if nothing moves, and $171 less a year once the dishwasher runs from 11am to 2pm. Type your own bill and loads to see yours.
Your result
The free plan costs
$171 lessa year
$2,426 your plan − $2,256 Solar Sharer, Energex
Switch: the Solar Sharer plan costs less for this home. You move 0.5 kWh a day into the free hours, out of hours that cost about 48.9c a kWh on this plan.
- If you change nothing
- $81 less a year. About the same by design: the plan is priced to match the time-of-use default for a home that changes nothing. Your flat plan differs a little.
- Break-even move
- None: it costs no more as it is
- Moved to the free hours
- 0.5 kWh a day
- Solar in the free hours
- — kWh a day of your use
- Without the battery
- — a year
- Without the EV
- — a year
- Over the daily cap
- — kWh a day at 8.1c/kWh
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How we calculated this
- A typical home has its use split over the clock the way the regulators measured it.
- The loads you move, solar, a battery and an EV change how much lands in the free hours.
- Both plans are priced for the same home for a year. The result is the gap between them.
Full method, tables and sources: Solar Sharer and Midday Power Saver calculator
Split your day into the plan's hours
16.9 kWh a day (AER benchmark, Brisbane, 3 people): 13.8% in the free hours, 29% in the peak hours
Move the loads you chose
0.5 kWh a day from the peak hours
Solar, battery and EV
2.8 kWh a day in the free hours, 2.8 kWh from the grid; battery supplies — kWh a day on the free plan, — on yours
Price each plan
Yours: 27.97c/kWh, 192.02c a day. Free: 177.85c a day; peak 48.9c, off-peak 8.1c, shoulder 26.41c; free 11am to 2pm up to 24 kWh a day, then 8.1c
The gap
$2,426 − $2,256: the free plan costs $171 less
Break-even
Change nothing: $81 less. 1 kWh moved is worth 48.9c, so break-even is 0 kWh a day
| Your plan | Free plan | |
|---|---|---|
| Supply charge | $701 | $649 |
| Peak hours | $449 | $785 |
| Other hours | $988 | $822 |
| Free hours | $289 | $0 |
| Solar feed-in credit (free hours) | $0 | $0 |
| Over the daily cap | $0 | |
| A year | $2,426 | $2,256 |
This version starts on the Energex network against the flat default market offer. Only south-east Queensland gets the Solar Sharer: regional Queensland (Ergon) is not a default market offer area.
South-east Queensland: what to know
Official source
- Energex Solar Sharer homes also pay only 8.10c/kWh from 2pm to 4pm. A battery there can charge cheaply for 5 hours, not 3.
- Use above the 24 kWh daily cap in the free hours costs 8.10c/kWh on Energex, the lowest over-cap rate of the five Solar Sharer networks.
Not yet checked
- Queensland has no daylight saving, so the free hours are 11am to 2pm AEST all year.
How the free hours are priced, and why a home that changes nothing pays about the same: read the guide on the main Solar Sharer calculator.
Questions
What are the Energex Solar Sharer rates through the day?
The regulated rates are Peak 48.9c (4pm to 9pm), Off-peak 8.1c (2pm to 4pm), Shoulder 26.41c (9pm to 11am), plus 177.85c a day for supply. They are caps set by the AER, so a retailer can charge less. The free hours are 11am to 2pm, and the cheapest paid band, off-peak, comes straight after them.
Is the Solar Sharer cheaper than the flat default offer on Energex?
For a home using 16.9 kWh a day (AER benchmark, Brisbane, 3 people) that changes nothing, the Solar Sharer costs $81 less a year: $2,345 against $2,426 on the flat default offer. The flat offer charges 27.97c a kWh at any hour and 192.02c a day for supply. The regulated Solar Sharer supply charge is 177.85c a day.
What happens above the daily cap on Energex?
The first 24 kWh a day in the free hours cost nothing. Past that, the rate is capped at 8.1c a kWh until the free hours end, the same as the off-peak rate from 2pm to 4pm.