Amber Electric: wholesale pricing and battery automation
Understand Amber wholesale pricing, SmartShift automation and what to check for your solar and battery system.
What Amber offers
Amber passes through wholesale electricity costs and charges a subscription fee. Your usage timing affects what you pay, so compare the complete bill and current terms. Read how Amber works.
SmartShift and compatible batteries
SmartShift automates supported batteries around wholesale prices, planning when to charge, store and export. Check your exact equipment against Amber’s compatibility list.
Read the SmartShift explanation to understand its controls. Discuss backup reserve, export settings and existing schedules before enabling automation.
Our take
Amber is an option to explore when you want the retailer to provide compatible battery automation. Compare the value of that service with a setup where you manage controls yourself.
We focus on reliable everyday outcomes. A past high export price is not a forecast of what your battery will earn. Review fees, usage charges, export pricing and your household reserve together.
Before signing up
Check service availability, meter requirements, your battery model and the current plan for your address.
Our referral arrangement
We receive a commission for eligible signups made through our tracked referral link with this provider. The button on this page currently opens the provider’s standard website; our tracked link is not yet installed, so this button does not identify your signup as our referral.
Provider information checked 11 September 2026. Follow provider links for current terms.