Across Australia, more households are making the switch to rooftop solar panels and home battery storage.
Some people do it for environmental reasons, intending to use more renewable sources of energy. Others might have their sights set on taking control of their electricity bills.
Whatever your reasons, if you have invested in a solar battery, there are ways to do more with your battery and unlock even more value.
As an AGL customer and battery owner, you can participate in our Virtual Power Plant (VPP) by connecting your existing battery.
The VPP is designed to help boost the stability and efficiency of our electricity grid for you and the community. It enables us to manage your battery up to 30 times a year remotely. This can include discharging stored energy to power your home (with the excess going to the grid), holding the charge or charging from your solar system or the grid.
This creates a more stable electricity grid, and as more virtual power plants are built, they can bring hundreds (even thousands) of batteries together to create a single source of controlled energy dispatched to the grid when needed. This can help put downward pressure on electricity costs, benefiting the community.
The best bit is it’s easy to unlock your battery’s full potential. With new products like our VPP ‘Bring Your Own Battery’, you don’t need to install any new hardware.
We’ll digitally connect your existing battery and pay you up to $280 in bill credits over your first 12 months simply for participating in our VPP program.
It’s an easy way to get more from your investment in battery storage.
When you join the VPP and your battery is setup to enable backup power during an outage, you won’t be caught out in the dark.
For example, if you have a 20% backup power reserve, we’ll make sure you get that power during an outage – and we’ll only override it if we get your agreement.
Bring your own battery to AGL’s Virtual Power Plant and do more with your battery.
