Plico members get a full 6.6kwh solar system with battery installed at their house for $0 equipment cost upfront and a flat weekly rate of $36.50 so they can save money* from day 1.
Why pay $15,000 – $20,000 upfront from another provider when you can start saving immediately from your next bill* and be part of the only 100% managed solar service with proactive support and worry-free service for the lifetime of your system.
*scroll down to use our calculator to see how much you could save based on your current bill. A $292 Plico membership joining fee applies on successful installation.
If you’d like a quick, accurate quote on how much you’ll save by installing a Plico energy system with Solar Panels, Battery & Inverter on a flat weekly rate of $36.50 then enter your details below for a 5 minute, no obligation chat where we will discuss your household energy profile and requirements and then provide a tailored solar plan for your home.
You make it on your roof. You store it in your battery. Your family uses it. This is your energy.
Similar to other solar systems, Plico still allows you to feed back into the grid whenever you’re creating more power than you can use or store and you get paid for it by your energy retailer (eg. Synergy).
A Plico system has a built in backup circuit that will keep your lights and power on even if the grid is down for days.
Know that slightly guilty feeling when you or the kids leave the lights on? Say goodbye to that feeling forever.
Instead of costing you money and burning extra coal for no reason, the Plico solar system provides you with clean energy to use when you or your family need it.
(Remember to check to see if your bill is for one or two months and select the amount you pay for ONE month)
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everybody else having a blackout? Not you.
It’s time to be in complete control of your own power generation – with the peace of mind of having your power company as your backup.
Sick of your power company dictating the terms? Once you’ve got a solar system with a battery, you will be able to manage if they turn the power off.
Spend more than $150 a month on electricity?
Revenue generated from the Plico community providing energy services to the grid on behalf of the members are used to offset your normal weekly rate over time.
The more members that join Plico, the more likely it will be that we are able to provide services to the grid.
The Plico community is unique because as it grows, so does the likelihood that your bill goes down.
Instead of having no say over our energy costs, as the Plico community grows, our ability to negotiate with the network on the provision of energy services to the grid in a managed fashion increases. This means as a collective – we gain the ability to provide valuable services to the energy company. Which in turn means you will make more savings as a Plico member than you would separately.
We’re not like any other solar company you’ve seen before. In fact, we are not a ‘solar company’, we are a community of members creating an amazing, forward thinking renewable energy grid which helps each member create and consume their own energy while helping to evolve and support the energy network.
| Plico | Other Solar Companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Solar Panels | 6.6KW-13KW Suntech 275w Solar PV (Photovoltaics) Panels | 6.6KW+ panels. Brand Varies. |
| Inverter | 5KVA Redback Inverter System | 5KVA Inverter. Brand Varies. |
| Battery | 7.1-14.2kWh Pylontech (LiFePo4) Battery | 7.2kwh+ Battery. Brand varies. |
| Who is responsible for your solar setup for the first 10 years? | Plico. We monitor for problems 24/7 & get them fixed ASAP. | You are. |
| How do you pay? | Starting at $36.50 per week (decreasing over time) | $17,000 - $25,000 up front |
| If you increase energy consumption and decide you want a bigger battery? | Upsize your Plico battery capacity if required | Limited flexibility to adapt as your requirements change |
| Have problems how do you get help? | Phone, Email & Plico Community Assistance available for 10-25 years | Varies |
| How does Plico revenue get shared? | 75% returned back to members to reduce weekly rate | Varies but generally, profits go to company. |
| Remotely monitored system with staff proactively reaching out if there are problems? | Yes | No. |
| Community of solar members with similar setup? | Yes, very active | No. |
| Ability to negotiate with electricity network with revenue/benefits going to members. | Yes. | No. |
| What happens to your setup after ten years? | Option for new technology and managed support extended to 25 years. | Warranty expires before the 10 years is up. |
| Company protected from bankruptcy? | Yes, backed by a $1 billion asset fund and owned by community members. | Varies, usually not. |
Perth, WA
"Since adding our Plico system, I’m much more energy savvy. Its great to understand how we are generating and using energy. The app is user friendly and I feel much more like I’m doing my bit for the planet."
Sean S.
Busselton, WA
"The system is great .. real easy to follow how your power is being used and a fantastic help line"
Daniel R.
Perth, WA
ARE BATTERIES READY FOR SOLAR?
If you get a solar panel without a battery system and then add a battery later then you’ll be paying twice for installation.
While battery technology is evolving quickly, the grid is already struggling under ‘dumb’ solar being pumped in whenever it’s sunny in a particular suburb.
The Problem With Dumb Solar
‘Dumb’ solar is excess energy that is pumped straight back into the grid from solar panels when no battery is present to store it. The problem is that the grid was not designed for millions of households to be pumping energy back into it.
Plico Energy was designed to solve this issue. So you can be part of the solution, not the problem.
How Plico is Different
Plico members get the battery immediately when the solar system is installed and with only one installation needed.
The Plico system is modular in nature, so at any time you can add more batteries at a lower cost than a complete installation – upgrades in the future will be possible, even encouraged, and will be used to augment (not replace) what you already have in place. Save from day one, save even more later!
As a Plico member you also get the advantage of being part of a community selling energy back to the grid instead of an individual. As it continues to grow, this provides the whole Plico community with leverage so you save more each month.
Plico community members have 100% managed systems for the first 10 years and this can (optionally) continue from years 10-25 at less than $10 per week.
If new technology is the answer to keeping your system running at an optimal level during the time we manage your system then that’s what we’ll look at.
Another 10-25 years of service for peace of mind, updated technology and continued (or even increased) savings. Yep, we’ll be hanging around with you for 25 years if you choose.
This is the perfect time
Batteries are gaining in popularity and there’s a race on for the batteries that are connecting to the grids.
The owners of these batteries will be part of a powerful energy machine that can work together to support the grid, community and get the biggest savings on their power bills.
Want to go out on your own with a battery?
On your own, you’ve got a system with a computer in your battery, a computer in your control system and a computer in your inverter. You’re left to manage this yourself without any help – and you won’t be able to have any commercial relationships with the grid other than to pay for the basic offers available at the time.
We want you to be a part of the Plico community instead of being an individual with a battery. The future of the Australian energy system should be owned by you. This is why we started the Plico community.
the community battery from brian innes
Brian Innes is the founder and technical director of Plico. He is the mastermind engineer behind the community battery system. Brian has been in the global energy space for the last 15 years, advising oil and gas, mining and the largest companies around the world how to be more efficient, renewable and what technologies they can bring to bear to make the planet a better place while saving money.
For the 5 years before starting Plico he was at the Rocky Mountain Energy Institute, the world thought leader in energy usage, working out how the grid of the future could work better through value stacking, better distribution systems and bringing value to the household level.
“Solar has previously been very transactional – get in, get out, a lot of bad behaviour, poor after sales services and bankruptcy. Households are the future – this is what the modelling shows.
Help the households manage the grid and they will save money while becoming the stable, renewable grid of the future. When we started Plico we treated this problem as though we were building an actual energy company.
With the structures we’ve built in Plico, we can now efficiently deploy, efficiently service, provide best in class support and get 75c of every dollar the community makes back to the members to keep bringing down that weekly rate.
That’s what the grid of the future looks like.”
Getting started is easy and doesn’t take long. Fill in the form at the top of the page and we’ll call you right back to see if Plico will be a good fit for you. There’s no high pressure selling from Plico. We know that there is no option that is right for everyone but we hope you’ll be as excited by the idea of the Plico community energy solution as we are!
Contact us and we'll have a quick chat with you over the phone to answer all of your questions and collect the info we need for the next steps. We will also schedule a no-obligation site visit, if requested or required, to walk you through the more technical details of how the system will be installed and operate.
While you wait on the site visit, we'll email you a free, no-obligation customised report using satellite imaging of your address to give you an exact idea of how having a Plico energy system will revolutionise your energy use and what the savings will look like.
The next step will be for us to come out and have a look at your place to outline exactly where all the solar system components will go and triple check that your house is a good fit for a Plico Energy System.
We get your system fully installed, usually during a single day and do all of the testing to ensure everything is working well.
You start generating your own free energy from the sun and will be able to monitor everything via the app to see how your energy usage changes.
Your entire system is immediately added to our 24/7 uptime monitoring so that if there are any issues over the next 10 years, we proactively reach out to you to get them solved.
How much will you save?
If you like the idea of generating and consuming your own power then the question comes down to, when are you going to get your solar installed?
You will likely spend over $25,000 on electricity from the grid
As electricity costs from the grid continue to rise, we project that most households will spend $25,000 – $30,000 over the next ten years. That money is going straight into electricity generation, the majority of which is from coal.
Alternatively, join the Plico energy community, get a fully managed solar system with your own battery and start saving money from your next bill without having to worry about your energy generation needs over the next decade.
You’ll be saving money, making your own power from the sun, helping your community and helping the planet change to a more renewable source of energy.
If you’d like a quick, accurate quote on how much you’ll save by installing a Plico energy system with Solar Panels, Battery & Inverter on a flat weekly rate of $36.50 then enter your details below for a 5 minute, no obligation chat where we will discuss your household energy profile and requirements and then provide a tailored solar plan for your home.
