How it works

Batteries, operated
like infrastructure.

We fund, install, own and operate a grid-connected battery behind your meter. You pay a lower, contracted rate on the energy you'd already have bought through Macarthur Energy Retail — and Stake carries the battery and market-optimisation work.

Avg. install < 60 days
Contract term Month-to-month — 10 years
Tariff discount 10–25%
01 · The system

How a Stake battery fits into your site.

Grid

Wholesale electricity from the NEM at dynamic half-hourly prices.

Stake battery

Charges when prices are low, discharges when they spike.

Your meter

Battery sits behind the meter in parallel — no switchover, no outage.

Your facility

Uses electricity as normal, now at a lower contracted rate supplied by Macarthur Energy Retail.

02 · The process

Four steps from first call to cash savings.

01
Week 0–2

Feasibility & modelling

All we need from you up front: a recent electricity bill and your permission to pull your meter data from the distributor. No site visit yet, no commitment. We model the savings on our side and come back with a number.

  • One recent bill — PDF is fine
  • Authority to access your interval (NMI) data
  • Tariff & network charge review on our side
  • Dispatch simulation against 3+ years of market data
02
Week 2–6

Fixed-price offer & agreement

We return a simple Energy Services Agreement and Macarthur retail contract with a guaranteed floor on your c/kWh rate. No capex clauses, no complex hedging terms — signed in days, not months.

  • Guaranteed bill reduction vs. current tariff
  • 10-year term with early-exit provisions
  • No mortgage or security over the site
  • Tenant pass-through language reviewed with your legal team
03
Week 6–12

Install & commission

We coordinate permitting, DNSP approval, civils, switchboard works and commissioning. End-to-end averages under 60 days, with around a week of actual on-site work. Your facilities team gets a single point of contact and a clean handover.

  • Battery format matched to the site — wall-mounted, cabinet, or container
  • Grid-connection approval handled by Stake
  • ~1 week on site, scheduled around your operations
  • After-hours switchboard tie-in with no tenant disruption
04
Ongoing

Operate, optimise & report

You don't have to think about wholesale prices, dispatch windows or battery health. We run all of it. Each month you get a single bill and a savings report — with ESG data attached if you need it.

  • One monthly Macarthur retail bill — nothing else to reconcile
  • Monthly savings report vs. your previous tariff
  • Optional ESG / Scope 2 export for GRESB, CDP, NABERS
  • 24/7 monitoring and dispatch handled by Stake
Next step

Send us a bill. We come back
with a modelled estimate.

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