As of 13 August 2026, AI can only partly find the best solar export tariff for you.

What to actually do

1. Hand it to a person

   The route this page recommends

   A person who owns the outcome does this end to end, worth it when the failure is dear.

2. Use a tool built for this

   Second choice

3. Do it yourself

   The distant third

   A chat interface, chat-fluent skill, and roughly 30 minutes until you can act on the result.

   How to actually do it

   1. Open your latest electricity bill and export statement, and record your annual imported and exported kWh, current import rate, standing charge, meter type and supplier.
   2. Open the current tariff pages or quotes from the suppliers you could join, then copy the export rate, payment rules, eligibility criteria, meter requirements, import charges, contract length and exit terms into one document.
   3. Paste your figures and the copied supplier information into the prompt, replacing every bracketed slot and removing any account numbers or other private identifiers.
   4. Ask the chatbot to calculate the annual export income and total relevant energy cost for each option using only the figures supplied.
   5. Compare the chatbot's table with the live supplier pages and your bill, checking every rate, standing charge, eligibility condition and calculation; ask it to correct any mismatch.
   6. Contact the preferred supplier to confirm that your installation, meter and export history qualify, then switch only after checking the final written offer and payment terms.

   Prompt

   Compare the UK solar export tariffs in the supplier information below and identify the best option for my circumstances. Use only the figures and terms I provide, do not invent current rates or eligibility rules, and say when information is missing.
   
   My details:
   - Annual electricity imported: [kWh]
   - Annual electricity exported: [kWh]
   - Solar and battery system: [system details]
   - Smart meter and export meter details: [details]
   - Current import tariff and annual standing charge: [details]
   - Whether I want to change my import supplier as well: [yes/no]
   - Contract preferences and restrictions: [details]
   
   Supplier tariff information:
   [Paste the current tariff pages, quotes or terms here, including export rate, payment method, eligibility, meter requirements, import tariff conditions, standing charges, contract length, exit terms and any caps or exclusions.]
   
   For each option, calculate the estimated annual export income using my stated export volume, then include any relevant import cost, standing charge and eligibility condition that I supplied. Separate confirmed facts from assumptions. Show the arithmetic in a table, flag terms I must confirm with the supplier, and give a ranked recommendation. Do not claim that a tariff is best if the supplied information is incomplete or not current.

   Open it prefilled in ChatGPT or Claude, or copy it into Gemini, which takes no prefill link.