Source
https://octopusenergy.nz/octopuspeaker — original source (opens in a new tab; the file is not redistributed)
Octopus Energy NZ — OctopusPeaker battery plan
The defensible NZ peak-export ceiling for
fit_c_kwh— the primary behind CR_011/CR_022's 23c (RT_107)Octopus Energy NZ’s OctopusPeaker is a time-of-use export plan aimed at battery (and V2G-EV) owners who can export into the evening/morning peak. Its 23 c/kWh peak buy-back is the highest mainstream NZ rate — the financial anchor for the model’s peak-export economics. ✅ Rates + windows re-verified 2026-07-21 against the live plan page + market aggregators (single-retailer, time-varying — still a defensible ceiling, not a guaranteed community rate).
Summary
A retailer plan that pays differentiated time-of-use export (buy-back) rates, rewarding batteries that discharge to the grid during peak windows and shift consumption off-peak. It is the standout high-peak-export tariff in the NZ market and the primary source behind the “23 c Octopus Peaker” figure carried in CR_011 and CR_022.
Key claims
- claim: "OctopusPeaker time-of-use EXPORT (buy-back) rates: peak 23 c/kWh on weekdays 7–11am & 5–9pm; off-peak 10 c/kWh on weekdays 11am–5pm & 9–11pm and weekends 7am–11pm; night 5 c/kWh daily 11pm–7am. The 23 c/kWh peak export is the highest mainstream NZ buy-back rate."
source_location: "OctopusPeaker plan page — rates & time windows"
- claim: "Eligibility/design: suits households with a battery (including a V2G-capable EV) that can export into the peak and shift their own usage to off-peak. An earlier (2024/25) version of the plan advertised 20 c/kWh peak export; the current headline is 23 c/kWh."
source_location: "OctopusPeaker plan page — eligibility; blog"Retrieval provenance
- Upstream source: Octopus Energy NZ OctopusPeaker plan page (octopusenergy.nz/octopuspeaker).
- Retrieved via: WebSearch (web research), 2026-06-12.
- Prompt: extract the OctopusPeaker export/buy-back rates (peak/off-peak/night c/kWh), exact time windows, eligibility, and effective date.
- Verification: ✅ Re-verified 2026-07-21 (resolves the RT_238 night-rate spot-check flag). The live plan page (octopusenergy.nz/octopuspeaker, fetched 2026-07-21) confirms all three tiers’ time windows verbatim — peak 7–11am & 5–9pm weekdays; off-peak 11am–5pm & 9–11pm weekdays + 7am–11pm weekends; night 11pm–7am daily. The c/kWh figures (peak 23 / off-peak 10 / night 5) are confirmed against independent market aggregators (Powerswitch, SolarScout “Buy-Back Rates NZ 2026”). Original figures stand; the distinct night tier is real.
data_quality: medium → high. Remains a single-retailer, time-varying tariff — confirm before quoting an exact rate in a published deliverable.
Neobiome Intelligence relevance
The peak-export ceiling for the model’s fit_c_kwh (export economics, D18/D21). It sharpens the import ≫ export asymmetry: peak export 23 c/kWh vs retail import ~33–40 c/kWh (RD_018) — so self-consumption is worth ~1.5–1.7× a peak export, and far more than the 10 c off-peak/midday rate. The high peak-export rate only helps communities that generate at the peak — wind/hydro (round-the-clock) or batteries discharging at 5–9pm; solar alone exports midday at the 10 c off-peak rate. Confirms the primary behind CR_011 / CR_022. ⚠ single-retailer, AI-extracted, medium — a defensible ceiling, not a guaranteed community rate. Resolves RT_107 (and corrects its stale “40 c/kWh” → current 23 c/kWh).
Research targets
Research gaps
- No new RTs. (The broader buy-back/injection landscape is covered by CR_011, CR_022, REG_005; RT_238 tracks the peak-export-tariff design question — its night-rate spot-check is now resolved, see Verification above.)
Connections
Links to
Referenced by
Sources (2): REG_028 · URL_023
EDT domains (1): D01: Renewable Energy & Storage Systems