Reduce your energy expense.
Ecosmart is a New Zealand electricity retailer and solar installation company, established in 2016 and selling wholesale electricity plans since January 2017. We pair solar and home batteries with wholesale electricity, so you can make and use more of your own power and get the rest from the grid.
- 25 yr panel warranty
- No lock-in contracts (refundable bond usually applies)
An animated day at a home with solar panels and a battery. Through the day the sun charges the battery. At the evening peak the battery runs the house. In the early hours, when the spot price is usually low and network rates are off-peak, the battery tops up from the grid so it can cover the morning peak. Ecosmart publishes live and forecast spot prices that a home battery system can use to pick cheap hours to charge.
How a solar + battery home works on spot
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Daytime
Your panels run the house and fill the battery. Surplus solar sells at the spot price.
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Evening peak
The battery runs the house while spot prices are usually at their daily high.
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Overnight
The battery tops up when the spot price is usually low, ready for the morning.
Ecosmart publishes live and forecast spot prices a battery system can use →
One business for the whole energy picture
Generate your own power, store it, and buy the rest on our spot price plans — all under one roof.
Solar Energy Systems
Grid-connected solar, professionally installed — from a starter 6-panel array through to a full solar-plus-battery system.
Learn more →Home Batteries
Add a battery to store your daytime solar and use it in the evening. Our Mr Independent system pairs a full solar array with home battery storage.
Learn more →Wholesale Electricity
Half-hourly wholesale (spot) prices, passed straight through.
Learn more →Brands we install
Power at the real wholesale price
Every retailer buys electricity on the spot market, where the price changes every 30 minutes. Most sell it to you at a padded flat rate. We pass the real spot price straight through — for the power you buy and the power your solar sells back.
- Spot price passed through — both ways
- Earn the wholesale price for exported solar, uncapped
- On top of the spot price: network losses, lines and transmission charges, metering, levies, our fee and GST
- Our fee: 2.3c a unit and 57.5c a day on Standard User, or 4.6c a unit on Low User until 1 April 2027 (incl. GST)
- No fixed-term contracts and no exit fee. A refundable bond usually applies.
A day on the spot market
Changes every 30 minCharge batteries and run appliances when power is cheap, use stored power when prices spike — take full control of your power.
Live wholesale electricity prices by region
Every install
25 yr panel warranty
Solar that cuts your power bill
Professionally installed, grid-connected solar from a starter 6-panel array to a full solar-plus-battery system. Pair it with our spot market plan and each unit you export earns that half hour's wholesale price.
- Systems from $5,995 incl. GST, installation included
- 25 year panel and 10 year inverter warranties
- Battery options to use your solar in the evening
- We do the installing ourselves. If a job needs a subcontractor, we stay responsible for their work.
Retailer and installer, under one roof
Aligned to lowering your bill — not ours.
Retailer + installer in one
We supply the power and install the solar, so one business answers for both.
Wholesale pricing
Your energy at the wholesale price each half hour. On top: network losses, your lines and transmission charges, metering, levies and our fee, plus GST. Prices can spike.
No lock-in
No joining fee and no penalty to switch out. A refundable bond usually applies (security in case of default); we refund it after no more than 12 months of on-time payments or when your account closes. We earn your business every month.
Warranties that last
25 year panel warranty and 10 year inverter warranty on every solar system we install.
Get a fast quote
Send us a message and we'll usually reply within one business day.
Phone hours
- Monday – Friday
- 9 am – 5 pm
- Saturday
- Closed
- Sunday
- Closed