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Are retailers failing to properly value rooftop solar generation?
According to the Victorian pricing authority – yes they are. But is this a “market failure” that justifies regulatory intervention, or are we missing something?
Bruce Mountain

Sep 16, 2016

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Markets

Australia’s big energy retailers are fattening their consumer margins
Electricity retailers make their biggest margins in South Australia, the state at the centre of controversy over energy prices. And retail margins in many states have jumped 50 per cent.
Bruce Mountain

Jul 19, 2016

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Grid parity for battery storage? It’s complicated
Depending on the retail electricity offer, the payback period for a given household battery storage system should range between 10-85 years. Grid parity? Your call.
Bruce Mountain

Apr 19, 2016

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Networks continue spending spree, and the customer pays
Captive consumers are losing out again in network spending decisions. Democracies have ways of dealing with such cognitive dissonance. Its past time that the people were heard.
Bruce Mountain

Nov 4, 2015

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Battery storage and the challenge for networks and regulators
Should networks be allowed to own behind-the-meter battery storage in households? There are arguments for and against.
Bruce Mountain

Oct 29, 2015

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Network polemics: Why ENA is wrong on battery storage costs
There can be no reasonable doubt that networks are under pressure from the costs of battery storage.
Bruce Mountain

Sep 22, 2015

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Networks pricing everyone out of grid: It’s time for competition
As things stand today in Queensland, it would be more economical for a household to install battery storage than pay Ergon to use its network.
Bruce Mountain

Sep 18, 2015

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Commentary

Solar wars: How networks discriminate against solar households
Sweating the details of the AER’s rejection of SAPN’s proposal to charge households with rooftop solar higher prices than households without will reap rewards.
Bruce Mountain

Jun 25, 2015

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Grattan’s solar report: The numbers still don’t add up
Grattan Institute releases more details about its modelling. We now feel comfortable to conclude that their calculations are not correct.
Bruce Mountain

Jun 12, 2015

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Grattan got numbers wrong: Solar policies delivered net benefit of $1.2bn
Grattan Institute caused headlines and blustering editorials with its research on the impact of solar policies. But it’s numbers did not add up.
Bruce Mountain

Jun 9, 2015

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