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Solar, storage and remote controlled air-con: How communities can fix the grid
For the first time, a traditional network company is leveraging non-network solutions to fix an age-old grid problem that used to mean only one thing: more poles and wires.
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 30, 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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Networks and retailers fight for solar + storage market, and energy future
Network operators are getting excited about the possibilities of solar and storage, and see their future in providing full service plans to consumers. This terrifies gentailers, who argue network monopolies should be ring-fenced from the market. It promises to be a huge battle.
Giles Parkinson

May 19, 2016

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The mismatch in current demand charge-based network tariffs
Current cost-reflective tariffs drive a significantly lower reduction in network peaks than in customer peaks.
Rob Passey and Navid Haghdadi

Mar 17, 2016

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NSW utilities win major battle in Australian electricity price war
Court reverses move to curb network costs, a decision that could result in higher grid charges, and an accelerated push from consumers to seek alternatives and maybe quit the grid.
Sophie Vorrath

Feb 26, 2016

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SA network says no issues with renewables as it looks to wind + solar micro-grids
Network operator says high renewables pose no problems – in fact it’s looking to renewables and storage to reduce grid costs.
Giles Parkinson

Feb 22, 2016

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Cost-reflective tariffs will do little to reduce network costs
So called ‘cost-reflective’ tariffs proposed by networks may accelerate uptake of battery storage. But they are targeting household peaks and not network peaks, so may not be cost refletive at all, and may not cut network spending.
Rob Passey and Navid Haghdadi

Feb 18, 2016

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Garnaut – time to write down value of power grids
Listed companies are being forced to write down value of fossil fuel assets in face of falling prices and cheaper renewables. Ross Garnaut argues that grid owners should do the same, given progress of solar PV and battery storage and the shift from centralised generation.
Giles Parkinson

Jan 29, 2016

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Why energy utilities are desperate to slug households with higher fixed charges
Energy utilities have admitted that they built too much infrastructure based on wrong demand forecasts. But they don’t want to pick up the bill, they want consumers to pay. And their biggest target is solar households.
Giles Parkinson

Dec 16, 2015

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Campaign launched to fight WA ‘solar tax’
The Australian Solar Council has launched a campaign to fight the WA monopoly utility’s proposal of a doubling of connection fees for solar customers.
Jonathan Gifford

Dec 7, 2015

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Networks concede one-third of consumers could still quit the grid
Updated future grid report from CSIRO and ENA predicts huge 10-year fall in solar and battery costs, and says they’re already around 20% cheaper than predicted in 2013. Projections on grid defection remain unchanged.
Sophie Vorrath

Dec 3, 2015

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Networks launch grid PR push as battery storage looms
With battery storage set to boom, the Energy Networks Association has launched a website to remind consumers why they still need the grid. But the question consumers really want answered is why they are still paying so much for it.
Giles Parkinson

Nov 20, 2015

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