Spotcheck
How it works

Is switching to a spot-passthrough retailer actually worth it?

Spotcheck is a free, independent calculator that tells Australian households whether switching to a spot-passthrough electricity retailer will actually save money for their solar + battery + hot-water setup. We run a year of real wholesale prices against your setup and give you a single answer.

Tell us about your home

We’ll run a year-long simulation against real wholesale prices and tell you, in plain English, whether switching would actually save you money — or cost you.

Where you live
We use this for typical solar at your roof and which wholesale market you're on.
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Used to look up your solar profile and NEM region.
Your current electricity bill
The more accurate this is, the better your estimate.
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Enter your postcode first to search plans.
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Peak · 4–11pm
34% of your load lands in the 7–11pm peak. That’s where spot prices hurt or help most.
Solar
Most homes have either rooftop solar or none. Pick what matches today.
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On your inverter or the owner’s manual provided to you by your installer.
Spot prices can go negative on sunny days — curtailment lets your inverter stop exporting before you pay to feed the grid.
Battery
Spot prices favour batteries — they shift cheap solar into expensive evenings.
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Hot water
A controllable hot-water system is one of the biggest spot-price wins.
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Appliances
Pick your major appliances and we’ll size their load + (for shiftable ones) when they’re allowed to run.
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Anything else?