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New solar + battery round for Yackandandah, as 100% renewable plans take shape
Sophie Vorrath10 Sep 20180 comments

North-east Victorian town forges ahead on 100% renewable plans, with new bulk-buy solar round, community retailer and microgrid projects.

Tariffs
Energy Locals takes aim at "big three" with wholesale electricity offer
Sophie Vorrath5 Sep 20180 comments

Retail power upstart launches new membership service that offers flat weekly fee, and electricity at “wholesale” market prices.

Other Renewables, Solar, Tariffs
Community retailer Enova eyes expansion with new crowd-funding campaign
Sophie Vorrath16 Aug 20180 comments

Community energy retailer aims to raise at least $3m to finance its extension across NSW, including Sydney CBD, followed by south-east Queensland, Victoria and SA.

Energy Efficiency, Software/Gadgets, Tariffs
How business can keep energy costs below 10c/kWh
Sophie Vorrath9 Aug 20180 comments

New report shows taking part in demand response activities could save businesses up to 33 per cent on their power costs – and for very little effort. Used alongside the wholesale purchase of power and a corporate renewable PPA, the benefits to business can be substantial.

Battery/Storage, Solar, Tariffs
WA energy minister mulls home battery incentives, in solar tariff review
Sophie Vorrath31 Jul 20180 comments

WA energy minister to review solar tariffs, and possible incentives to boost battery uptake, as the state's rooftop PV market continues to boom.

Solar, Tariffs
Victoria networks ask if solar households should pay for grid upgrades. This was the response…
Sophie Vorrath11 Jul 20180 comments

Powercor and CityPower ask: “Should investment in power quality be paid for by a) All customers or b) Customers with solar panels who export?” Customers say...

Other Renewables, Solar, Tariffs
Making the case for 10-year renewable electricity tariffs
Tosh Szatow6 Jun 20180 comments

For a fair, efficient, low-cost pathway to 100% renewables, we need to put front-of-meter renewables on a level footing with rooftop renewables and enable customers to sign 10-year front-of-meter PPAs.

Solar, Tariffs
IPART takes hard line on solar as it slashes feed-in tariff
Sophie Vorrath8 May 20180 comments

IPART confirms plans to effectively penalise NSW solar households for the lower electricity prices their rooftop PV has helped to deliver, by cutting the recommended feed-in tariff in half for 2018/19.

Solar, Tariffs
WA residential solar PPA could be "absolute game changer"
Sophie Vorrath7 May 20180 comments

Buyers of new-build homes at a property development in Perth’s northern suburbs are being offered an innovative rooftop solar power purchase agreement that promises to cut their daytime power costs by 40%.

Tariffs
Powershop, Diamond lead "new breed" of people-focused power retailers
Sophie Vorrath27 Mar 20180 comments

Upstart electricity retailers Powershop and Diamond Energy again win 5-star rankings in independent Green Energy Guide. AGL, meanwhile, earned itself an elephant stamp.

Solar, Tariffs
NSW solar tariff cut – reward for slashing power price peaks
Sophie Vorrath21 Mar 20180 comments

NSW pricing regulator flags a cut to state's solar feed-in tariff, linked to fall in wholesale power prices rooftop solar helped deliver.

Battery/Storage, Electric Vehicles, Energy Efficiency, Software/Gadgets, Solar, Tariffs
How I learned to slash my power bill, with solar and storage
Roger Rooney14 Mar 20180 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.

Other Renewables, Solar, Tariffs
Victoria town’s breakthrough deal on network tariffs as it pursues 100% renewables
Giles Parkinson7 Mar 20180 comments

Central Victoria town achieves a breakthrough deal on network tariffs that could pave the way for a community solar farm and 100 per cent renewable energy within a few years.

Policy, Solar, Tariffs
Solar PPA partners named in potential 10MW NSW PV roll-out
Sophie Vorrath1 Mar 20180 comments

NSW govt set to roll out solar across its buildings and infrastructure after selection of five “prequalified, carefully vetted” solar PPA suppliers.

Solar, Tariffs
New solar focused energy retailer calls for "prosumer" investors
Sophie Vorrath28 Feb 20180 comments

New, solar-focused energy retailer DC Power Co is set to disrupt the market, and it hopes to be majority owned by Australia's rooftop solar households.

Policy, Tariffs
Xenophon's SA BEST unveils community electricity co-op plan
Sophie Vorrath27 Feb 20180 comments

SA BEST promises cut state power prices by up to 20%, build new renewables, with community electricity retailer scheme.

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