Energy retailers generally change their prices around July/August in line with changes to government regulated reference prices, and from 2025, we have seen the introduction of time of use feed-in tariffs.

When these changes come through to Powertracer, it's a good time to check that your energy trade prices are in line with changes to your Retailer Default prices.

It's easy to find in Powertracer, simply access your property and click on Settings. At the bottom of the Settings page you will see your Active Tariffs, like in the image below:

For this tariff, when buying energy, the portion of what you pay your retailer that is tradeable on Powertracer is 16.075c/kWh . This is the wholesale energy component of your bill. Remember that not all of what you pay your retailer by volume is tradeable, only the wholesale energy component is, not other components like poles and wires and environmental charges.

For the same tariff above, when selling excess solar to your retailer you would be receiving 5c/kWh at Off-Peak times, 3c/kWh at Shoulder times, and 10c/kWh at Peak times. This is known as a time of use (TOU) feed-in-tariff (or FiT). Because this FiT varies according to the time of day, it is best to set up your community sell prices on a “Time-of-Use” basis as well.

First, click on Trade Rules in your property dashboard top menu.

There you will see your Peer-to-Peer Trades and your Community Trades.

Click on the “Set community trade rules” button. If you have more than one electricity meter at your property select one meter at a time and update the pricing for each.

​You can update the Minimum sell price you are willing to sell for (if you have solar), and the Maximum buy price you are willing to pay.

You can read more here:

How do I set my community trades and at what price?

These trades are set up with people you know. If you want to change these trade prices to be more in line with your new Retailer Default prices then you’ll need to:

Look up the email address of the person you are trading with by viewing the trade rule in the list of peer-to-peer trades (via the Trade Rules page), and clicking on 'further details':

The details of the current trade rule are displayed, along with the email address of your trading partner:

Now go back to the list of peer-to-peer trade rules and:

Simply select “Buy” or “Sell”, enter your proposed price, select the trade point (meter) and enter the recipient’s email.

Remember the recipient will need to accept your proposed trade before it becomes active on Powertracer.

You can read more here:

How do I trade with someone I know?