Home ↔ Holiday home
Send weekday surplus so hot water’s ready and fridges stay cold before you arrive.
Peer-to-Peer Trading
Share your solar with people you choose
Peer-to-peer (P2P) energy lets you trade directly with other LocalVolts customers — instead of exporting everything to the grid at a generic rate. You choose who benefits, set a fair price, and keep the value closer to home.
Jousto helps you set up the trade rules and automation through Jousto EMS.
Video explainer
Peer-to-peer trading in plain English
A quick walkthrough of what it is, why it matters, and where it fits alongside spot-market strategies.
What is P2P?
What peer-to-peer energy trading actually is
Peer-to-peer trading is simple: you agree on a price with another customer, then trade electricity directly through the same retailer platform (LocalVolts).
- Sellers get a better outcome than a basic feed-in rate.
- Buyers can access cleaner power at a fair, predictable rate.
- Both sides keep the value inside a community — not lost in the noise of the grid.
Quick difference: Spot market trading is anonymous and price-driven.
P2P trading is relationship-driven — you choose the counterparty and agree on the deal.
Clear comparison
Peer-to-peer vs spot market trading
Both can be useful — but they’re solving different problems.
Where each shines
- P2P: stable, fair, relationship-based pricing between people you choose.
- Spot market: responds to spikes and dips — powerful, but more volatile.
- Best outcome: P2P for day-to-day fairness, spot-based automation for the extremes.
Jousto EMS can automate around both — so you’re not manually managing it.
Why it matters
Fair for buyers. Fair for sellers.
Sellers
Instead of a one-size feed-in rate, you can agree a price that reflects the real value of your surplus — especially when friends or other sites can use it.
- Better value capture
- More predictable outcome
- Help someone you actually care about
Buyers
Buyers gain access to clean power at a fair price, with a more human “deal” than standard retail tariffs.
- Cleaner energy supply
- Agreed pricing (less mystery)
- Supports community-style outcomes
Bring back community
Energy with a bit of human spirit
P2P trading can turn “excess solar” into something meaningful — helping family, supporting locals, and keeping value circulating where you live.
Use cases
Popular ways our clients trade
Home ↔ Business
Support your local and redirect surplus to a site that uses power during the day.
Apartments & strata
Share rooftop solar benefits more fairly across residents and common areas.
Jousto EMS
Where Jousto fits in
We set it up properly
P2P works best when it’s configured with clear pricing rules and sensible boundaries. Jousto helps you set up the trading relationships and then uses Jousto EMS to automate the “when to use, when to share” decisions.
- Trading relationships & agreed pricing rules
- Schedules and “fairness” boundaries
- Automation around your household or business loads
Automation
Automate P2P without thinking about it
Use automations so your solar is used wisely first — then shared when it makes sense.
Common automation examples
- Use solar locally first (EV, hot water, HVAC) then share the remainder
- Share more during high-demand hours for the other party
- Fall back to standard tariffs automatically when needed
Want the market context behind it? See NEM Spot Prices and Energy Arbitrage.
Start here
Request a peer-to-peer setup
Tell us who you want to trade with and what you want the arrangement to achieve. We’ll review and get back to you with next steps.
Want to go deeper with smart energy strategy?
Explore NEM Spot Prices, Energy Arbitrage, and Jousto EMS Automation.
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