Tesla Electric in Australia

[scully]

Tesla has applied for a retail licence with the Australian Energy Regulator. Tesla gets ready to take on Australia energy utilities in landmark move for the grid

 

[moa999]

Definitely interesting.
Wonder if they could offer better feed-in offers to those with excess home power to feed the supercharger network

 

[AussieOwner]

Thanks for sharing
Depending on their plans I would switch for sure and anything that can disrupt the old power companies such as AGL and Origin is always a good thing

 

[Hairyman]

I think they have already been running some VPPs around the country, but when I looked the rates didn’t seem very attractive.

Hopefully if they do start their own retailer in Australia we will get the Charge on Solar software.

 

[paulp]

I think they have already been running some VPPs around the country, but when I looked the rates didn’t seem very attractive.

Hopefully if they do start their own retailer in Australia we will get the Charge on Solar software.

The VPP rates offered in SA were a long way off competative

 

[paulp]

Thanks for sharing
Depending on their plans I would switch for sure and anything that can disrupt the old power companies such as AGL and Origin is always a good thing

Why are you with agl or origin? Plenty of other choices already disrupting them are out there

 

[AussieOwner]

Why are you with agl or origin? Plenty of other choices already disrupting them are out there

Im not.

Im saying that the sooner the mass market sees a big player available then more folks may switch.

 

[GregHudson]

I've been in the Melbourne Australia VPP since its inception a few years ago. Originally I was with AGL / Tesla VPP, now switched to Amber (wholesaler) / Tesla VPP. I'm looking forward to Tesla Electricity and Tesla Insurance even more !!!

 

[dronus]

id certainly be interested in it too. Would be cool to have some attractive off peak charging plans too, especially if you have the tesla wall connector, they can take all the metadata they like
In SA we have a lot of Tesla battery storage, i wonder if they could leverage off that, or what their time frames are with current contractual arrangements.

 

[BaymaxW]

Does anyone know what happened with this? Did Tesla get the license, if so, to which state? I could not find anything other than similar news

 

[Jules22]

I expect something like this is going to take some time to ramp up, haven't heard anything more here.

 

[AussieOwner]

I've been in the Melbourne Australia VPP since its inception a few years ago. Originally I was with AGL / Tesla VPP, now switched to Amber (wholesaler) / Tesla VPP. I'm looking forward to Tesla Electricity and Tesla Insurance even more !!!

I’m very interested in Tesla insurance but insurance is a highly regulated field so it might take times for approvals in all the different jurisdictions.

 

[BaymaxW]

I’m very interested in Tesla insurance but insurance is a highly regulated field so it might take times for approvals in all the different jurisdictions.

Both Tesla Insurance and Electricity would be nice (if they have competitive prices). Do we have Tesla extended warranty in AUS like they have in U.S.? Also, did they announced anything on the "Charge on Solar" feature for Australia?

I'm currently waiting for the delivery of the M3H and while I wait, I've been doing a lot of research on these topics (EV Insurance, Electricity and EV Solar charging), this will be my first EV. Long time I've been looking, reading and wanting an EV, first time I will actually have one, and I have recently installed Solar Panels+Battery as well (2 months ago), going to be full on Electric soon (no more gas at home or gasoline in the car, all electric).

 

[paulp]

Both Tesla Insurance and Electricity would be nice (if they have competitive prices). Do we have Tesla extended warranty in AUS like they have in U.S.? Also, did they announced anything on the "Charge on Solar" feature for Australia?

I'm currently waiting for the delivery of the M3H and while I wait, I've been doing a lot of research on these topics (EV Insurance, Electricity and EV Solar charging), this will be my first EV. Long time I've been looking, reading and wanting an EV, first time I will actually have one, and I have recently installed Solar Panels+Battery as well (2 months ago), going to be full on Electric soon (no more gas at home or gasoline in the car, all electric).

congrats on the leap. EV solar charging works extremely well. It uses so much less of my time than petrol stations each week.

 

[BaymaxW]

congrats on the leap. EV solar charging works extremely well. It uses so much less of my time than petrol stations each week.

Thanks!!!
For solar charging, do you use ChargeHQ, smart charger or do it manually? Or Tesla has enabled Charge on Solar in Australia?

 

[paulp]

I use a smart charger (Teison) but in reality I usually plug in around 11am and charging is all over in an hour or two, so the smart side of the charger was probably a bit of a waste. I only plug in on sunny days as range anxiety is long gone.

 

[BaymaxW]

I use a smart charger (Teison) but in reality I usually plug in around 11am and charging is all over in an hour or two, so the smart side of the charger was probably a bit of a waste. I only plug in on sunny days as range anxiety is long gone.

Thanks! Good to know that

 

[Chuq]

More details: the application is under the name Tesla Energy Ventures Australia Pty Ltd.

They intend to retail in NEM regions (Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas, SA) and have applied to both the AER and the Victorian state ESC to do this.

Their AER application is here: https://www.aer.gov.au/industry/reg...pplication-electricity-retailer-authorisation (Direct PDF link). They invited submissions from stakeholders before 18 December but received no responses.

The Victorian equivalent is underway: https://engage.vic.gov.au/tesla-ene...application-for-an-electricity-retail-licence - and they are seeking public engagement in the form on an online survey - open until 29 March.

 

[Vostok]

More details: the application is under the name Tesla Energy Ventures Australia Pty Ltd.

Surely it is a slam dunk that they’d be offering VPP plans? Perhaps wholesale price linked too? They have the smarts for it!

 

[cafz]

Surely it is a slam dunk that they’d be offering VPP plans? Perhaps wholesale price linked too? They have the smarts for it!

VPPs in the NEM don't need to be linked to one retailer, though for the best customer benefit you do want one that will give you a good price for your peak time exports (the VPPs tend to make their money providing FCAS, the customer gets the energy arbitrage benefit, so they don't need to be involved at the retail level).