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Making sense of VPPs, for everyday Australians

Tens of thousands of Australians are buying home batteries — but almost no one is told, in plain language, how a Virtual Power Plant could pay them back. We're here to fix that.
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Why this site exists

The federal battery rebate has made home batteries mainstream almost overnight. But the next question — "now that I have a battery, should I join a Virtual Power Plant, and which one?" — is one most people can't answer. VPPs are new, the term isn't household language yet, and the offers are genuinely confusing:

Few people know what a VPP isIt's a powerful idea buried under jargon, factsheets and fine print most homeowners never see.
Every offer is differentBill credits, per-kWh payments, wholesale exposure, lock-in, caps — hard to line up side by side.
"Compatible" is unclearWhether your exact battery is accepted changes by retailer and by state, and lists move constantly.

So a homeowner who just spent thousands on a battery is left guessing — or relying on whoever happens to be selling. We think that's backwards. You should be able to see the facts for yourself, for free, before anyone tries to sign you up. We're built for the end customer — the household that just wants a clear, honest answer to "what are my options, and what would each actually pay me?"

What we do — and don't

We do
Track all 15 residential VPPs and 44 battery brands, by state
Show the real numbers — what each VPP pays, caps, lock-in
Link to the official source for every claim, so you can verify it
Explain it in plain English, and fix mistakes fast
We don't
Rank or name a "best" VPP — your situation decides
Sell or pass on your details as a sales lead
Take affiliate commissions or run sponsored placements
Give financial or energy advice, or cover every plan in the market

We're funded by display advertising only — clearly labelled and separate from our content. Because we earn nothing from which VPP or battery you choose, the data has nothing to sell.

How we verify every claim

Our value is only as good as our accuracy, so we hold a simple rule: official sources only. We treat a VPP as accepting a battery only when the retailer's own page (or the manufacturer's own announcement) names it — never from installer blogs, forums or aggregators. Every "connected" claim is mapped to the official page it came from. What our status labels mean:

Connected
The operator (or manufacturer) officially publishes that this battery works with the VPP.
Conditional
Compatible only in specific cases — e.g. with a particular inverter, model or region.
Pending
Not yet on the operator's published list. Neutral — it usually means integration isn't finished, not that the battery is poor. We never write "incompatible".

We stay strictly neutral (no rankings, no "best"), keep to residential VPPs, and show real published figures wherever operators provide them. Primary sources we rely on: the DCCEEW rebate program, the Clean Energy Council approved-battery list, Energy Made Easy, and each operator's and manufacturer's own pages (linked on every plan).

Last updated

Last reviewed: 29 June 2026. Recent changes:

  • Added a 2026 rebate calculator and dedicated pages for every VPP, battery brand and state.
  • Corrected the federal battery rebate to its new tiered structure (effective 1 May 2026).
  • Re-checked every battery brand's official link and added the logos that were missing.

We re-check the data on a rolling basis. Because terms change between checks, the official source we link to always prevails — and if you spot anything out of date, please tell us.

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