Subscribe vs Own

Aurora customers in Upper Clutha:

• Access to 100% Toitū climate positive certified energy^
• All the solar power generated at your place is available for you to use, store, or sell to the grid.
• 10.8kWh of battery storage, available exclusively for your personal use 355 days of the year.

(If you are part of Aurora may draw on your batteries 5-10 days a year to keep the lights on for the entire community)

• Special grid power rates with Ecotricity (or Pulse Energy)
• 24/7 system monitoring and optimisation to maximise the benefits to you.
• All necessary repairs and hardware replacements
• Unlimited technical and customer service support
• Back up power when the grid goes down

The remainder of the Central Otago

• Access to 100% Toitū climate positive certified energy^
• All the solar power generated at your place is available for you to use, store, or sell to the grid.
• 5.4kWh of battery storage, available exclusively for your personal use 365 days of the year.
• Special grid power rates with Ecotricity (or Pulse Energy)
• 24/7 system monitoring and optimisation to maximise the benefits to you.
• All necessary repairs and hardware replacements
• Unlimited technical and customer service support
• Back up power when the grid goes down.

^  If you use reticulated or bottled gas in the home, you may still qualify to become a solarZero customer. However, your grid & bottled energy will not be 100% renewable or Toitu climate positive certified. 

The subscription fee price ranges from $95 - $180 per month +GST  and will equate to 75% of your energy costs. This price is fixed, no other energy provider is guaranteeing to fix the price of 75% of your electricity.

The essence of the solarZero energy service is our cost structures are underpinned by generating renewable electricity where it is being used.  The sun is not charging us a generation fee, and we are not transporting power around the country therefore, our costs for up to 75% of our energy service are known and well understood. 

For the remaining 25%, we switch you to a Time of Use lines charge plan and then actively use the battery to ensure you are using the cheapest rates possible. We also ensure that grid energy is used at the lowest cost times, 24/7, allowing us to provide a price-protected energy price that is less than 50% of the national average energy price.    We add no margin to the energy price and lines charges that we pass through to the customer, so customers are effectively enjoying wholesale energy rates. 

For these reasons, we can deliver you cheaper electricity rates now and for the next 20 years.  Cheaper energy from our 100% renewable energy platform delivers our Guaranteed Annual Savings

A big reason we can guarantee lower prices for electricity for 20 years is that we harness the sun's power. Solar panels last for well over 20 years; it would be environmentally irresponsible to offer a service where panels were removed before we have maximised their usefulness.

This enables us to lock in 80% of your energy costs at a cheaper rate than you can purchase from an electricity retailer. Because the sun doesn’t charge per kW and we are not moving electricity around the country.

Finally, we shoulder all debt relating to the solar hardware and have a fleet of solar engineers, electricity specialists, and technicians on staff; 20 years is also how long we need to generate the profit our shareholders require.