BLNBSS1 — LV Small Business TOU — Sun Soaker

Essential Energy · Default · Low voltage · 2026–27

Regional, rural and remote NSW, including most areas outside the major coastal networks.

BLNBSS1 LV Small Business TOU — Sun Soaker tariff guide

Who this is for

Small businesses connected at low voltage using no more than 160 MWh a year with a smart meter.

How the bill works

You pay different energy rates at different times. Check the current time periods and seasonal rules.

What solar changes

Solar reduces grid use while it is generating. Its value depends on the energy rate at that time.

What a battery changes

A battery can move energy to a more expensive period. Use actual retailer prices and allow for battery losses.

Check before you model

  • Confirm this code on a current retailer bill.
  • Use the retailer prices, not only the network price list.
  • Measure the energy that can move between time periods.
2026–27 network schedule

The price signal behind this code

Network rates only. These are not retail electricity prices.

Published network rates

Access
$2.3784/day
Peak
18.9741 c/kWh · Every day outside 10am–3pm
Sun Saver
8.5988 c/kWh · Every day, 10am–3pm

When it applies

Sun Saver runs from 10am to 3pm every day. The peak rate applies at other times. Interval meters use daylight saving time.

Illustrative example

Move 1,000 kWh into the Sun Saver period

  • All 1,000 kWh moves from the peak rate to 10am–3pm.
  • The example uses network rates only.
  • It ignores battery losses and retailer pricing.
The published network charge falls by about $103.75: 1,000 × (18.9741 − 8.5988) cents.

This is not a retail-bill saving quote. A battery delivers less energy than it charges.

Battery opportunity lens

Tariff screen—not a savings quote

Conditional fit

Time-of-use load shifting

The tariff provides a time-window signal rather than a demand target. Battery value depends on a repeatable price spread, sufficient cycling volume and a control system that preserves energy for the expensive window.

What dispatch can affect

  • Peak-period grid imports shifted into a cheaper network or retailer window.
  • Solar generation carried into later business load.
  • Retailer energy exposure where its time periods align with battery dispatch.

What it cannot erase

  • Daily access, metering and other fixed charges.
  • A network demand charge where none is included in this tariff.
  • Energy already consumed directly from solar without incurring battery losses.

Evidence required

  1. At least 12 months of interval usage and export data grouped by tariff window.
  2. Both retailer and network time periods and rates.
  3. Solar production, operating hours and seasonal load changes.
  4. Round-trip efficiency, usable capacity, cycling and degradation assumptions.