WattSwitch AU
An independent energy-plan comparison service that scores every retailer in your state on how well their Solar Sharer Offer works for your specific usage profile, handles the switchover, and re-checks the market whenever tariffs change.
Australian households on standard variable tariffs who haven't shopped around for an energy plan in over a year
- Personalised savings model that pulls your last 12 months of usage (or estimates it from a short quiz) and ranks plans by expected annual cost, not headline discount
- Side-by-side comparison of free-window hours, 24 kWh cap treatment, time-of-use overlap, and exit fees for every plan in your state
- One-click switch with the chosen retailer, including the Solar Sharer opt-in step that many customers miss
- Quarterly re-shop alerts when a new plan beats yours by more than a set threshold
With four large retailers (AGL, Red Energy, GloBird, OVO) already offering voluntary equivalents and the federal mandate landing in July 2026, the comparison set is about to multiply — and the design change after the November 2025 consultation (the 24 kWh cap) means off-the-shelf comparison sites will get the cap math wrong for at least 12 months.
Solar Sharer Offer has heavy media coverage from launch July 2026 (Guardian, SMH, PV Magazine, Canstar), government promotion on energy.gov.au, and government estimate that ~15-20% of households remain on standing offers overpaying ~$380/yr — a large switching-eligible base reacting to a new offer category.Many Australians can get three free hours of power from today ↗Australia plans nationwide three-hour free solar power offer from July 2026 ↗Australia Electricity Report 2026 — EnergyPlans ↗
Space is already crowded: government-run Energy Made Easy has an SSO explainer, Canstar covers the cap math, independent site Solar Sharer Calculator (solarsharercalculator.com.au) and WattEver both already let consumers compare SSO offers across retailers — leaving limited white space for a new entrant unless cap-math accuracy is materially better.The Solar Sharer Offer (SSO): What you need to know ↗Compare Solar Sharer Offer (SSO) Electricity Plans NSW QLD SA ↗Solar Sharer Calculator ↗Getting past the Solar Sharer Offer's free electricity cap ↗
Comparison sites in Australia (WattEver, Canstar, Selectra, EnergyPlans) monetize via retailer referral/leads and ads; precedent exists, but affiliate payouts per energy switch in AU retail are modest and the niche SSO-vertical makes scale-up harder than general energy comparison.Compare Solar Sharer Offer (SSO) Electricity Plans NSW QLD SA ↗Compare Solar Plans In Australia | Canstar ↗
SSO is a regulated federal offer rolling out from July 2026 in NSW/SE QLD/SA, so demand for comparison tooling is multi-year; however it's narrowly regional (3 states at launch) and could be expanded or replaced by future DMO reforms, capping very-high scores.Solar Sharer Offer - energy.gov.au ↗
Feasible but non-trivial: requires ongoing DMO tariff feeds, retailer SSO plan catalog ingestion (AGL, Red Energy, GloBird, OVO, EnergyAustralia confirmed), 24 kWh cap logic, and switchover integration — achievable for a small team but harder than a simple calculator.Solar Sharer Offer (SSO) - AGL ↗Red Energy - Solar Sharer Offer ↗Standing Offer Solar Sharer - EnergyAustralia ↗