A family playing together in the garden outside their home

Your electricity bill keeps climbing

Here's how NRN
pushes it back down

Host our system on your roof and receive a Hosting Credit
on your electricity bill every month for 12 years.

No upfront costs. Nothing to maintain. Buyout and exit options if your plans change.

Illustrative monthly bill
Electricity used
$331.86
Supply charge
$53.27
NRN Hosting Credit
-$160.00
Total Due
$385.13$225.13

Check if your home qualifies

What best describes you?

We cover the cost. You enjoy the credit

We pay for the solar and battery system, install and maintain it throughout the agreement. You provide the roof, and we provide a Hosting Credit on your electricity bill every month.

Solar and a home battery supplied by NRN for $0 upfront
WHAT YOU GET

What hosting your roof means for you.

  • A full system, installed and owned by NRN

    NRN pays for the equipment and installation, and owns the system for the life of the agreement.

  • Maintenance handled by NRN

    NRN takes care of servicing and repairs to its system for the term of the agreement.

  • A monthly hosting credit on your bill

    A regular hosting credit applied to your electricity bill – up to $1,920 a year

  • Options if your plans change

    Buy-out and exit options are set out in your 12-year agreement. The buy-out price reduces to $0 at the end of year 12.

A family enjoying time together outside their home

So, what's in it for us?

It’s a fair question. NRN connects all of the systems and runs them as one network. Energy retailers pay NRN to use that network. The payment covers your equipment, its installation and maintenance, your monthly Hosting Credit and the cost of running the network. If we do our jobs well, there’s a margin left over. That’s what’s in it for us.

25 connected roofs, including yours

1,000s of homes, run as one network

NRN revenue

paid by energy retailers

  1. Your Hosting Credit

    on your bill, every month

  2. Energy system

    installed and maintained

  3. Running the network

    operating costs, then our margin

Why Host
an NRN system

NRN applies a monthly hosting credit to your bill, handles maintenance of its system, and there’s no upfront cost to you. After 12 years, you can choose to own the system for $0.

Monthly$327×3Quarterly$981Check my eligibility
Homes connected together in the NRN network

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Testimonials

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5 out of 5 stars
"NRN's model flips rooftop solar on its head: the company owns the hardware, carries the cost, and pays households a predictable monthly credit to host it."
Dave L.Customer

How much
lands on your bill

We match you to one of four system sizes. The bigger your home and energy usage, the more equipment it fits – and the higher the Hosting Credit

  • $75/mo

    SMALL HOME

    $900 a year

  • $90/mo

    FAMILY HOME

    $1,080 a year

  • $120/mo

    LARGE HOME

    $1,440 a year

  • $160/mo

    LARGE + POOL / EV

    $1,920 a year

Get the benefit for 30 days
before you commit

Nothing is installed until you decide. For 30 days, you can see how it works and watch your hosting credits appear on your bill. Not for you? You can choose not to go ahead, and any hosting credits already applied to your bill are yours to keep.

See what your roof qualifies for

Five steps, right up to installation

  1. A homeowner checking her address on a tablet
    STEP 1 - YOU

    Check eligibility & apply

    Enter your address to see if your roof qualifies, then submit your application. It takes a few minutes, and there’s no obligation to proceed.

  2. A couple reviewing their options together at home
    STEP 2 - NRN

    We match your home

    We confirm eligibility and set your Hosting Credit tier, then you sign up with one of NRN's partner energy retailers.

  3. A couple checking their electricity bill on a tablet
    STEP 3 - NRN

    Your first hosting credit lands

    Once you move to the plan, hosting credits start appearing on your bill, before anything is installed.

  4. A parent and child enjoying their garden
    STEP 4 - YOU

    30 days to decide

    You have 30 days to decide whether to go ahead with installation. If you choose not to proceed, you keep any hosting credits already applied to your bill.

Solar panels installed on a home's roofSTEP 5

NRN installs
the equipment

The solar, battery and other equipment are installed. Regular hosting credits continue on your bill while NRN’s system is on your roof.

The system NRN puts on your home.

A complete setup that NRN installs, owns and maintains for the life of the 12-year agreement.

Solar panels

Generate power from your roof through the day.

Home battery

Stores the solar energy generated on your roof.

Smart Link

Connects the system to NRN so it runs automatically.

What the agreement delivers over its life.

A 12-year roof hosting agreement. Here’s what it includes.

Children playing in the garden with their mum

01

Up to 144 hosting credits

Regular hosting credits on your bill each month for the life of the agreement.

02

No upfront cost

NRN supplies and installs the system, with no upfront cost to you.

03

Upkeep Included

NRN takes care of servicing and repairs to its system for the term of the agreement.

04

Own it Whenever

You can buy the system during the agreement. The buyout price reduces each year you host your roof.

Get paid to host. Own it for $0 after 12 years.

A monthly hosting credit lands on your electricity bill, NRN covers all upkeep, manages everything at no cost, and after 12 years, you can choose to own the system for $0.

  1. Year 3

    75%

  2. Year 6

    50%

  3. Year 9

    25%

  4. Year 12

Check if your home qualifies

What best describes you?
01.Who is NRN

NRN (National Renewable Network) builds and operates Australia’s first residential Smart Grid. Our mission is making energy cheaper, cleaner and fairer. Depending on what your home needs, we install solar and a home battery connected by the NRN Smart Link on homes across a suburb, and we own and operate that equipment for its full life. EV chargers are coming soon. You host it, and we pay you every month for hosting it.

02.What is a Hosting Credit?

A Hosting Credit is a set monthly credit that NRN applies to your electricity bill in return for hosting its system on your roof. Credits start once you sign up with Alinta, NRN’s partner energy retailer, and continue for the life of the agreement.

The amount does not fluctuate with your solar generation or electricity use. Your credit is reviewed annually and may change under the conditions in your agreement, with at least 30 days' written notice.

03.How much could I receive?

Your Hosting Credit depends on your home and energy usage, and NRN sets your tier when it confirms your eligibility.

  • Small home: $900 a year, or $75 off each monthly bill
  • Family home: $1,080 a year, or $90 off each monthly bill
  • Large home: $1,440 a year, or $120 off each monthly bill
  • Large home with pool or EV: $1,920 a year, or $160 off each monthly bill
04.What does NRN install on my home?

What goes in:

  • Solar panels on your roof
  • A home battery
  • The NRN Smart Link, a small box that connects the equipment to NRN so it runs automatically

Coming soon: an EV charger, where your home suits one.

NRN owns and runs all of it, 24 hours a day. For the length of the agreement, you don’t own the system, look after it or pay for it upfront. You simply host it.