Astra is now taking work in Orange and the Central West.

New service area. Astra has been installing since 2021 — over 1,200 systems across the ACT, Tasmania and southern New South Wales. We are now taking work here. Everything below about your network is current and checked; what we do not yet have is a long list of local jobs, and we would rather say so.

Orange is in Essential Energy’s network. Essential assesses each site individually by voltage-rise calculation rather than publishing a single inverter cap, and rural properties can be given a lower export limit than town addresses. Both are worth establishing before a system is sized, not after.

What your network allows

Distributor
Essential Energy
Export limit — single phase
5 kW
Export limit — three phase
5 kW for the whole system
Inverter size
Assessed per site by voltage-rise calculation
Flexible exports
From late 2026 — 1.5 to 10 kW per phase, varying through the day
Emergency backstop
From late 2026, rolled out by postcode
Network connection fee
$53.16 incl. GST where auto-approved

Checked against Essential Energy’s current published connection requirements on 2 September 2026. Network rules change — we re-check before every quote.

Find out what your roof is worth

A phone consultation with your roof on the screen in front of us. By the end of it you will know what your home qualifies for and what that means on your bills — and you decide once you have seen your numbers.

Have a recent power bill nearby, and a photo of your switchboard if you can.

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Other areas we cover

Over 1,200 systems since 2021 across the ACT, Tasmania and New South Wales.

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