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How my solar battery is battling coal on the open market – and the score so far
Harry Barber17 Oct 20240 comments

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.

News, Tariffs
Consumers need simpler energy bills, not more complicated tariffs
Anne Delaney10 Oct 20240 comments

ECA opposes making time-of-use tariffs mandatory and wants a minimum three-year transition period for households to move to cost-reflective pricing.

Electrification, Podcasts, Tariffs
SwitchedOn Podcast: How time-of-use tariffs could become a recipe for bill shock
Anne Delaney8 Oct 20240 comments

Energy Consumers Australia CEO Brendan French on why cost-reflective electricity tariffs should not be mandatory – and should not make energy bills more complicated.

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Tariffs
New time-of-use tariff dangles huge daytime power discount. So is it a good deal?
Sophie Vorrath2 Oct 20240 comments

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?

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Solar, Tariffs
How a Tassie retailer is helping Port of Brisbane to use more of its own solar
Sophie Vorrath9 Aug 20240 comments

Momentum Energy signs Port of Brisbane to its Virtual Energy Network offering, which shares excess solar generated at one site across others.

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Battery/Storage, Solar, Tariffs
Retailer offers huge 50c/kWh feed-in tariff to customers who join its new VPP
Sophie Vorrath31 Jul 20240 comments

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.

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Battery/Storage, Featured, Policy, Solar, Tariffs
Groundbreaking trial shows how VPPs can pay for home batteries, slash costs on the grid
Sophie Vorrath21 Jun 20240 comments

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.

Electric Vehicles, Electrification, Energy Efficiency, Featured, Software/Gadgets, Solar, Tariffs
Origin gets Kraken on household electrification, after disappointing on big solar and wind
Sophie Vorrath20 Dec 20230 comments

Origin invests another $530 million in Octopus, in a sign that Australia's biggest utility might be honing on home energy electrification and efficiency.

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Policy, Solar, Tariffs
New scheme uses rooftop solar, grid renewables to slash social housing power bills
Joshua S Hill29 Nov 20230 comments

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. 

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News, Solar, Tariffs
“Overwhelming response” to rewards for rooftop solar switch-off
Joshua S Hill25 Oct 20230 comments

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.

Electrification, News, Policy, Solar, Tariffs
Gas-free town chosen for launch of rooftop solar sharing retail offer
Sophie Vorrath6 Oct 20230 comments

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.

Battery/Storage, Solar, Tariffs
“Sun tax” trial turns home battery into money-making machine for this household
Sophie Vorrath26 Sep 20230 comments

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.

Policy, Software/Gadgets, Solar, Tariffs
Want households to help tame the solar duck? Show them the money, says report
Rachel Williamson21 Sep 20230 comments

Monash University study finds retailer incentives and tariff design will have key roles to play in making households smarter about power use.

Electrification, News, Policy, Software/Gadgets, Tariffs
Smart meters a must by 2030: “Digital foundations” for grid racing to renewables
Sophie Vorrath & Jacinta Bowler31 Aug 20230 comments

AEMC recommends an accelerated program to install smart meters at all homes and small businesses in the NEM by 2030.

Battery/Storage, Electric Vehicles, Featured, Software/Gadgets, Solar, Tariffs
How my home battery has performed over the past four years – and lessons for a DER future
Andrew Wilson23 Aug 20230 comments

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.

Policy, Solar, Tariffs
First Nations communities swelter without power. Why isn’t there solar on every rooftop?
Simon Quilty, Brad Riley, Lee White & Norman Frank Jupurrurla14 Jun 20230 comments

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?

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