Since adding a home battery, I have been jousting with giants in the Great Game of Electricity Demand and Supply. Here is the score so far.
How my solar battery is battling coal on the open market – and the score so far
Tariffs
Consumers need simpler energy bills, not more complicated tariffs
ECA opposes making time-of-use tariffs mandatory and wants a minimum three-year transition period for households to move to cost-reflective pricing.
SwitchedOn Podcast: How time-of-use tariffs could become a recipe for bill shock
Energy Consumers Australia CEO Brendan French on why cost-reflective electricity tariffs should not be mandatory – and should not make energy bills more complicated.
New time-of-use tariff dangles huge daytime power discount. So is it a good deal?
A "lowest in the market" daytime electricity usage rate is on offer in South Australia as part of a major shift to time-of-use tariffs. How does it measure up?
How a Tassie retailer is helping Port of Brisbane to use more of its own solar
Momentum Energy signs Port of Brisbane to its Virtual Energy Network offering, which shares excess solar generated at one site across others.
Retailer offers huge 50c/kWh feed-in tariff to customers who join its new VPP
Nectr is offering a “never before seen” feed-in tariff of 50c/kWh solar sent to the grid between 4pm and 9pm, but only as part of its new virtual power plant.
Groundbreaking trial shows how VPPs can pay for home batteries, slash costs on the grid
Two-year trial underscores "huge potential" for virtual power plants to solve some of the grid's thorniest problems, as long as they can reward customers, too.
Origin gets Kraken on household electrification, after disappointing on big solar and wind
Origin invests another $530 million in Octopus, in a sign that Australia's biggest utility might be honing on home energy electrification and efficiency.
New scheme uses rooftop solar, grid renewables to slash social housing power bills
New partnership will use onsite solar and renewable energy purchased from the grid to slash the average social housing power bill by $400 a year.
“Overwhelming response” to rewards for rooftop solar switch-off
WA utility gets “overwhelming response” to offer of $100 credit to customers who allow it to temporarily turn off their home solar systems to stabilise the grid.
Gas-free town chosen for launch of rooftop solar sharing retail offer
WA town that was shifted off the gas network and taken all-electric is ground zero for a new retail energy offer targeting households "locked out" of rooftop solar.
“Sun tax” trial turns home battery into money-making machine for this household
Two-way tariff trial delivers a daily profit to this solar household, peaking at times at $20 and making its Tesla Powerwall purchase a no-brainer.
Want households to help tame the solar duck? Show them the money, says report
Monash University study finds retailer incentives and tariff design will have key roles to play in making households smarter about power use.
Smart meters a must by 2030: “Digital foundations” for grid racing to renewables
AEMC recommends an accelerated program to install smart meters at all homes and small businesses in the NEM by 2030.
How my home battery has performed over the past four years – and lessons for a DER future
A data-driven, objective look at how 6.3kW of solar and a Tesla Powerwall have performed technically and financially over four years – with an EV added to the mix.
First Nations communities swelter without power. Why isn’t there solar on every rooftop?
Rooftop solar can work well for homes in remote First Nations communities – and stop them being cut off from power. So why isn't it widely available?
