Electricity networks Archives - Renew Economy

Policy & Planning

Microgrids should be focus of network rebuild after bushfires
Total Environment Centre calls for national summit to avoid repeating investment mistakes in post-bushfire repairs of electricity network infrastructure.
Michael Mazengarb

Feb 4, 2020

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ACCC new push to end rooftop solar subsidies appears to get support from Taylor
ACCC’s Rod Sims says costs of network over-investment and solar subsidies should be pushed onto taxpayers to bring electricity prices down.
Michael Mazengarb

Oct 10, 2019

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Storage

How much storage and back-up do high renewable grids need?
According to a new CSIRO and ENA report, not nearly as much as the naysayers would have you think.
Giles Parkinson

Apr 28, 2017

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Smart Energy

In 2017, regulators should fight for consumers, not incumbents
Despite predictions that consumers – households and businesses – will be supplying half of all electricity needs within a few decades, the automatic reflex of the institutions that govern our electricity market remains to protect the incumbents. This needs to change.
Giles Parkinson

Dec 20, 2016

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Storage

Battery storage rules should favour consumers, not networks
Batteries will supercharge the energy revolution, smoothing renewables and offering prosumers autonomy. Right now, though, the regulatory space is a bit of a Wild West.
Mark Byrne

Oct 14, 2016

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Storage

Networks say battery storage ring-fencing proposals “ludicrous”
Fight looms between retailers and networks over right to install solar and battery storage in homes, businesses. Spark Infrastructure says proposed rules “ludicrous”.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 22, 2016

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AER downgrades Victorian network allowance by $2.3bn
Victorian electricity networks to have revenue allowances downgraded by more than $2.3bn in 2017 – a cut that could reduce household electricity bills by up to $120 out to 2020.
Sophie Vorrath

May 26, 2016

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Courier Mail hails high fixed network charges, to stop rich subsiding poor
Op-ed in Murdoch-owned Brisbane newspaper argues fixed network electricity fees “fairest system” for billing households. Not by a long shot.
Giles Parkinson

Sep 14, 2015

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Networks: Compulsory fees not 1st preference, rapid depreciation is
Networks say they don’t really want to penalise people for leaving the grid. They just want to recoup their costs now, because the assets may not be so useful in the future.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 6, 2015

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A simple rule change can save billions for power networks and their customers
Money spent on helping consumers reduce demand means less money spent on substations and other infrastructure.
Chris Dunstan

Mar 13, 2015

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Feral o’clock: Why time of use tariffs don’t change family energy use
Research with parents reveals that many household routines are unlikely to shift in response to cost-reflective tariffs such as time of use (TOU).
The Conversation

Jan 21, 2015

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Move over big power – the micropower revolution is here
Micro-electricity producers are relatively small scale, inexpensive, and most importantly, produce little to no carbon emissions.
Morgan Salett

Nov 27, 2014

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