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Solar

Victoria regulator lowers rooftop solar tariff, says few retailers offering variable rate
Victoria regulator makes small cuts to 2020/21 recommended solar feed-in tariff, says only one retailer offering customers both single and time-varying FiT.
Sophie Vorrath

Feb 27, 2020

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Solar

Victoria rooftop solar tariff cut as regulator pushes for mandatory time-varying FiT
Essential Services Commission wants retailers to offer customers choice of “single rate” feed-in tariff or a FiT that ranges from 9c/kWh and 12.3c/kWh, depending on the time of day.
Sophie Vorrath

Dec 6, 2019

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Storage

WA govt considers home battery incentives, in solar tariff review
WA energy minister flags review of state’s solar tariffs, and possible incentives to boost battery uptake, as the rooftop PV market continues to boom.
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 1, 2018

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Governments

NSW solar feed-in tariff slashed by 44% for 2018/19
IPART makes good on plan to slash state rooftop solar tariff almost by half, ignoring concerns cut will penalise solar households for their role in helping to bring power prices down.
Sophie Vorrath

Jul 4, 2018

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Solar

IPART gets tough on tariffs for NSW rooftop solar
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.
Sophie Vorrath

May 14, 2018

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Storage

Trading in premium solar tariffs could spark home battery boom
Report finds 76% of Australian solar homes on premium feed-in tariff would trade it in for chance to upgrade systems – in particular, to add battery storage.
Sophie Vorrath

May 4, 2018

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CleanTech Bites

NSW solar tariff cut – reward for slashing power price peaks
NSW pricing regulator flags a cut to state’s solar feed-in tariff, linked to fall in wholesale power prices rooftop solar helped deliver.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 21, 2018

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Solar

Victoria regulator finalises new time-varying tariffs for solar exports
Victoria regulator finalises decision on Australia’s first time-varying feed-in tariffs for solar, although acknowledges risks some users could abuse system by charging batteries at night.
Giles Parkinson

Feb 28, 2018

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Solar

Community retailer Enova lifts solar tariff to 16c/kWh
NSW community-owned power retailer offers solar feed-in tariff of 16c/kWh – a 33% increase on its former FiT, and higher than most competing offers.
Sophie Vorrath

Jul 10, 2017

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Commentary

Why should a solar home in Bundanoon receive less than a solar home in Ballarat?
What is a reasonable Feed-in Tariff (FiT) and why should a solar household in Bundanoon receive less than a solar household in Ballarat?
Connor James

Mar 24, 2017

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