Most VPPs pay you per kWh during events, which means your income depends on how many events get called. Powershop's Virtual Power Plant does it differently. It pays a flat monthly credit on your bill, set by the size of your battery, whether it calls one event that month or twenty.
It is run through Powershop's partner Evergen, which handles the battery connection and compatibility. You stay on a normal Powershop electricity plan with its normal feed-in tariff, and the VPP credit sits on top.
Who it suits
- People who want a predictable, set amount each month rather than per-event maths.
- Owners of a battery over 10kWh, where the credit steps up to $25 or $40 a month.
- Powershop customers already happy with their rates, who just want something back for the battery.
Who should skip it
- Anyone who wants to override the battery before a storm or a big evening. Powershop does not allow it.
- GST-registered households or small businesses. They are excluded.
- Owners of batteries whose makers charge API fees they would rather not pay.
Powershop VPP at a glance
| Provider | Powershop |
| Plan | Powershop Virtual Power Plant |
| Status | Appears open (the sign-up form was live when checked), but the page is undated. Confirm with Powershop that it is still taking new members. |
| States | VIC, QLD, SA, NSW |
| Networks / regions | VIC, South East QLD, SA and NSW. |
| How it pays | Fixed credit: A flat monthly bill credit by battery size: $10 (under 10kWh), $25 (10 to 15kWh) or $40 (over 15kWh). Exports earn your normal feed-in. |
| Sign-up bonus | None |
| Control and reserve | Powershop keeps a 20% home reserve (which it says may change), can charge the battery from the grid, and you cannot override it. |
| Contract and exit fees | No lock-in contract and no exit fees. |
| Switch retailer? | Yes. You must be a Powershop electricity customer. |
| State incentive link | Not stated on Powershop's VPP page. Ask Powershop whether it can pass on the NSW or SA VPP incentive. |
| Last checked | Sep 2026, against the provider's own pages |
How the money actually works
The payment is a monthly bill credit, and the only thing that sets it is battery size: $10 a month for batteries under 10kWh, $25 a month from 10 to 15kWh, and $40 a month over 15kWh. There is no per-event rate and no cap to hit.
Everything your system exports, during events or not, is paid at the normal feed-in tariff on your Powershop plan. When Powershop charges your battery from the grid, that energy is billed at your plan's normal usage rates.
There is no sign-up bonus. Powershop can change the monthly credit with 20 business days notice, so today's figure is not locked in.
Worked example: a 13.5kWh battery for a year
Built only from Powershop's published terms, with every assumption spelled out.
- Published: $25 a month credit for a battery of 10 to 15kWh.
- A 13.5kWh battery falls in that band.
- We leave out feed-in, because it is paid at your normal plan rate whether or not you join, and any battery-maker API fee, because the amount is not published.
This is the VPP credit only, before any API fee your battery maker charges. It is separate from your feed-in, from the federal battery discount and from any state incentive. It also assumes the credit stays at $25; Powershop can change it with notice.
Which batteries work with Powershop VPP
This is Powershop's own compatibility list as published when we checked. Lists change, and it is often the exact model, inverter and firmware that matter, not just the brand, so confirm your system with Powershop before you count on the numbers.
- Tesla AC Powerwall
- AlphaESS
- LG Chem RESU
- SolaX T-Bat
- Huawei Luna 2000
- Redback
- Eveready
- Energizer
- Sungrow SBP4K8
- This is the brand list shown in the sign-up form. Powershop manages compatibility through its partner Evergen, so treat it as indicative and confirm your model.
Read up on the brands we cover: Tesla Powerwall, AlphaESS, Solax, Sungrow.
The catch: fine print worth reading first
- No override. Powershop keeps a 20% home reserve (which it says may change), can charge from the grid, and you cannot override its control while enrolled.
- API fees. If your battery maker charges for API access, you pay it. That could eat into a $10 or $25 monthly credit, so ask before you join.
- Status is not crystal clear. The sign-up form was live when we checked, but the page is undated. Confirm the offer is current before switching.
- You switch to Powershop. You need to be a Powershop electricity customer, so compare its usage rates and feed-in with what you pay now.
- Battery list is indicative. Compatibility runs through Evergen. The dropdown brands are a guide, not a guarantee for your model.
Other things to know
- You must not be registered for GST, so it is aimed at households rather than businesses.
- You pay any fees your battery maker charges for API access to the battery. Powershop doesn't publish what those are, so ask your battery maker.
- You need solar and a battery, a smart meter and a broadband connection. Homes with life support equipment cannot join.
- Powershop can change the monthly credit with 20 business days notice.
How it sits next to your battery rebates
Powershop's VPP page does not mention the NSW or SA VPP incentives, so we cannot tell you whether it passes them on. Ask Powershop before you assume it does. Any state incentive would be its own amount, separate from the monthly credit and from the federal discount on the battery.
We always treat these as separate numbers: the federal Cheaper Home Batteries discount comes off the battery invoice, any state incentive is its own amount with its own rules, and VPP payments are ongoing credits on your power bill. Check your state: VIC battery rebates, QLD battery rebates, SA battery rebates, NSW battery rebates. Then run your own numbers in the savings calculator before you add any VPP income on top.
Alternatives worth comparing
- Diamond Energy WATTBANK VPP (Diamond Energy): another fixed annual credit by system size, plus 30c per kWh for evening exports.
- AGL Virtual Power Plant (AGL): per-kWh event credits up to 250kWh a year for a similar brand list.
- Origin Loop VPP (Battery Lite) (Origin Energy): a $200 sign-up credit and $1 per kWh in events, with a far longer battery list.
Or see every plan side by side in our VPP plan comparison, and read how to compare VPP providers if you are weighing a few up.
Where these facts come from
We checked Powershop Virtual Power Plant against Powershop's own published pages and documents in Sep 2026. VPP offers get repriced often, so treat this as a starting point and read the current offer before you sign.