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Powerwall settings, plan by plan

The right Powerwall strategy depends entirely on your rate plan — arbitrage on a wide TOU spread, keep-full on a flat rate, peak-shaving under a demand charge. These guides are built from real tariff data and the honest math SolDial runs for its users every day.

Powerwall on Octopus Agile: the half-hourly gameAgile reprices every 30 minutes and sometimes pays YOU — the price-following playbook for the UK. Powerwall on Ontario’s Ultra-Low Overnight3.9¢ overnight vs 39.1¢ weekday evenings — the strongest arbitrage spread SolDial serves anywhere. Powerwall on Australian time-of-use50¢ evening peaks, 5¢ feed-in tariffs — why the Australian play is store-don’t-export. Best Powerwall settings for PG&E EV2-APG&E EV2-A has a 61¢ peak and a 32¢ overnight rate. Best Powerwall settings for SCE TOU-D-PRIMESCE TOU-D-PRIME: 56¢ peak vs 31¢ off-peak. Best Powerwall settings for SDG&E EV-TOU-5 on NEM 3.0SDG&E EV-TOU-5 spans 74¢ peak to 14¢ super-off-peak — a 60¢ spread. Powerwall settings for LADWP R-1B, honestlyLADWP's R-1B time-of-use rate has a thin winter spread — and a battery strategy that changes with the season. Powerwall on APS’s demand-charge TOU: a different gameOn APS's 4–7 PM demand-charge rate, the Powerwall's job isn't energy arbitrage — it's clipping your demand peak. Powerwall on ComEd Hourly PricingComEd's hourly pricing changes every hour — sometimes negative overnight, sometimes spiking at dinner. Powerwall on FPL’s flat rate: the honest answer is backupOn Florida Power & Light's flat ~12¢ rate with 1:1 net metering, cycling a Powerwall earns nothing. Powerwall in Hawaii’s no-export worldAt 45¢/kWh with zero export credit, Hawaii is the purest self-consumption game in America. Powerwall on Duke RETC: win the CPP daysDuke's RETC time-of-use rate hides its real money in Critical Peak Pricing events. Powerwall settings for BGE time-of-useBGE's TOU rate swings from 4.4¢ overnight to 12.9¢ at peak.

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Last updated July 2026 · Blog · Docs