The battery storage manufacturer is collaborating with Rabot Energy to offer operators of plug-in solar devices the dynamic electricity tariff SunEnergy Dynamic balcony. For Sunlit Solar, this represents a step from being a hardware manufacturer to becoming a provider of holistic energy solutions.
Sunlit Solar will soon also offer the dynamic electricity tariff „SunEnergy Dynamic“ to households that combine photovoltaic balcony systems with their storage systems. The company is collaborating with Rabot Energy to achieve this, as it announced on Tuesday, and aims to transition from a hardware manufacturer to a holistic provider of intelligent and decentralized renewable energy solutions.
The electricity tariff is based on the current prices on the EPEX Spot electricity exchange. As is typical with dynamic electricity tariffs, this includes location-dependent grid charges, fees, surcharges, and taxes. By staggering the charging of their battery storage systems or electric cars, households can directly benefit from favorable price phases on the electricity exchange.
The dynamic electricity tariff „SunEnergy Dynamic“ requires usage-based billing.
This is implemented via the smart metering system and the Sunlit app, which also ensures optimized control of electricity consumption. Households can apply for the smart metering system from the responsible metering point or grid operators, the company added. Since the rollout of smart meters is progressing slowly this way, Sunlit Solar also offers customers retrofitting through partner companies.
The company added that households can switch providers at any time, even without a smart meter. Although they cannot utilize load shifting in this case, they still benefit from the general price advantage. The increasing share of renewable energies in the electricity market continues to drive down electricity exchange prices — a key factor in the dynamic electricity tariff balcony model.
Sunlit Solar and Rabot Energy have already tested the dynamic electricity tariff in a pilot phase in some households. It has been shown that using favorable time slots can save up to 40 percent on electricity costs. While price fluctuations do occur, the overall costs for typical usage profiles are often lower than fixed-price tariffs. The offer is available to both private households and small business customers, they added. There is a monthly notice period for the dynamic electricity tariff.
