What Solar Sharer is

The short version

Three hours a day, every day, where the electricity you use costs you nothing.

You don't need solar panels. You don't need to own your home. The free window comes from your retailer, not from your roof.

It's called the Solar Sharer Offer, and every retailer in those three regions has to offer one.

Who can get it

Anyone on the grid in New South Wales, south-east Queensland or South Australia. Renters and people in apartments count — that's much of the point of it, because those households have never been able to put panels on a roof they don't own.

Two things can stop you, and both are worth checking before you get your hopes up:

You need a smart meter. If your meter still has to be read by a person, you can't take the offer until it's replaced.

You can't be in an embedded network. Some apartment buildings, retirement villages and caravan parks buy electricity in bulk and sell it on to residents. If that's your building, you can't choose your own retailer, so you can't choose this offer.

Victoria has its own version

Victoria's offer is a different scheme with a different name: the Midday Power Saver, starting 1 October 2026. It runs 11am to 2pm and is capped at 24 kilowatt hours a day.

If you're in Victoria, ask your retailer about the Midday Power Saver. Asking for Solar Sharer will get you a blank look.

What it's actually worth

That depends almost entirely on one thing: how much of your electricity use you can move into the free window.

If you can run the dishwasher, the washing machine, the pool pump, the hot water or an electric car during those hours, the saving can be worth several hundred dollars a year. If your household uses most of its power in the evening and can't shift much, the change is small.

We built a short check that tells you which group you're likely to be in, including when the answer is no.

How to take it up

You take the offer through an electricity retailer, not through us. We don't sell plans, we don't take a commission, and we don't pass your details to a retailer.

Start with the check. It takes about a minute and it will tell you whether it's worth your time.