I’ve been on Amber Electric for 90 days. Three bills in, I want to show you exactly what happened, in full, no details hidden.
The short version? I earned $515.98 in credit while living completely normally. Hot water, air conditioning, the oven, charging EVs. Normal life. No penny-pinching.
But the number alone doesn’t tell the real story.
Where you live matters more than you might think. Sydney’s wholesale electricity market behaves very differently to Melbourne or South Australia. The kind of solar and battery setup you have matters too, maybe more than people expect. I explain why, and it changed how I think about the whole system.
The first month was messy. The algorithm was still learning my house. It took time before it really started working well. I walk through what that looked like on a real bill, with the actual numbers on screen.
By the second month, things shifted. December brought heat waves and price spikes, and that’s when the system really started earning. I show you exactly how much came from solar exports, when the so-called “sun tax” actually cost me, and why it was almost irrelevant compared to what I made.
The third bill surprised me. We were away for nearly two weeks on a Christmas road trip interstate, and the numbers still came in strong.
I also tell you what Amber isn’t great at yet, because it wouldn’t be fair not to. Customer service has been slow as they catch up on a surge of new customers. That’s worth knowing before you sign up.
If you’ve got solar and a battery and you’re curious whether Amber is actually worth it, this is the most honest breakdown I can give you.
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