Simply Extra VPP Offers

1. To access this offer you need to sign up online and agree to us monitoring, controlling and managing your energy storage system for a 3 year period.  In return we will provide you with VPP Access Credits.  To access these credits you must meet and continue to meet various requirements including you must:
   1. Have installed at your home:
      1. a smart meter;
      2. a solar PV system (with a minimum 3 kW inverter size);
      3. an energy storage system that is on our list of eligible systems that was installed by an installer on our list of specified installers after 15 January 2019; and
      4. an available, continuous and reliable internet connection to which your energy storage system is connected (and it must not be a Satellite NBN nor a 3G/4G internet connection);
   2. Provide us with the documentation we require to verify the details of your solar PV system and energy storage system that we require;
   3. Live in South Australia in the areas where this offer is available.
2. If we draw electricity to your energy storage system that electricity will form part of your electricity usage for the purposes of the calculation of your charges.  The total of these draws of electricity during each year of your fixed benefit period will not exceed 400 kWh.
3. For full details see the Virtual Power Plant (VPP) Terms and Conditions.

1. Class A Energy Solutions
   (08) 8391 4853 or 1800 997 979
2. Cool or cosy
   (08) 8352 5588
3. Tindo Solar
   1300 846 367
4. SkyGreen
   1800 989 909
5. Solar Warehouse Australia
   (08) 7127 0752
6. Energy Rating Systems
   1800 171 000
7. Solar Spot
   1300 777 688

LG Chem/SolarEdge

1. AC Coupled SolarEdge HD Wave SE5000H-AUSACNNN2 coupled with the LG Chem RESU10H-R
2. AC Coupled StorEdge SE5000-AUS  coupled with the LG Chem RESU10H-R

The battery inverter must be AC Coupled and operating in non-hybrid mode to be eligible for VPP Access Credits

Eguana Evolve

2. Eguana Evolve 0513

Sonnen eco

3. sonnenBatterie eco 8.0/10*
4. sonnenBatterie eco 8.0/12*
5. sonnenBatterie eco 8.0/14*
6. sonnenBatterie eco 8.2/10*
7. sonnenBatterie eco 8.2/12*
8. sonnenBatterie eco 8.2/14*
9. sonnenBatterie eco 9.43/10*
10. sonnenBatterie eco 9.43/12.5*
11. sonnenBatterie eco 9.43/15*

Tesla

12. Tesla Powerwall

Varta

13. Pulse 6

VPP stands for Virtual Power Plant.

A Virtual Power Plant is created by a collection of batteries managed individually or in unison to support the local or regional electricity grid.

S.M.A.R.T Storage connects your energy storage system to other systems managed by Simply Energy to form a Virtual Power Plant. 

Simply Energy will manage your energy storage system through a software platform. Simply Energy may at any time charge, discharge or maintain energy in your energy storage system including to support the grid. When Simply Energy needs to do this we will always retain a minimum of 20% of storage capacity in the energy storage system.  You can use this capacity to provide backup power in case of a local blackout.

Any energy discharged from your energy storage system will always be consumed by your home first, any excess energy discharged from your energy storage system will be exported to the grid.

With minimal disruption, the energy storage system will automatically back-up either your whole home or selected essential loads (depending on which circuits you have selected to be supplied and how many power phases are in your home).

Some key features of energy storage system during a blackout include:

• The ability for your solar PV system to continue generating energy to power your home and/or charge your energy storage system (only applicable for single phase solar PV inverters)
• In most cases you won’t notice the switch to using the backup power in the energy storage system

As part of S.M.A.R.T Storage you will have access to a minimum 20% storage capacity in the energy storage system.

Currently the response times for 3G and 4G are not fast enough for the VPP

The intention of the VPP is to support the network in times of need. If you feel that we are accessing the battery too frequently, please call to discuss this with us.

This is so when you sign up to our offer, it gives some time for the transfer of your site to Simply Energy and also for your battery to be installed and to receive the required paperwork.

Towards the end of your energy plan, we’ll let you know what your options are.

If you are considering installing a battery, the objective will be to use as much of your solar PV generation as possible, any generation that you cannot store or use will feed into the grid at standard feed in rates