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Roger Rooney

How I learned to slash my power bill, with solar and storage

March 14, 2018 by Roger Rooney 19 Comments

In December 2016, I added 6.5kW of rooftop solar and a Tesla Powerwall 1 battery and became part of the Reposit Power, ACTewAGL Virtual Big Battery in Canberra. Here’s what happened next.

Filed Under: Battery/Storage, Electric Vehicles, Energy Efficiency, Software/Gadgets, Solar, Tariffs

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