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How to beat the Energex “solar stitch-up”: Take part of your home off grid
Major Queensland network wants solar households that install battery storage to lose their premium feed in tariffs. It’s the latest trick from utilities, but there is a way around it.
Tom Kuiper

Jan 13, 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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Other Good Stuff

New fees seen to weaken demand for rooftop solar
Some utilities have begun charging a variety of complicated fees that are leading to a chilling effect on the home solar power markets in those regions.
Bobby Magill

Nov 12, 2015

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If you can’t beat ‘em, own ‘em: utilities muscle into rooftop solar market
Will utility-owned rooftop solar add to or replace customer ownership of solar? And secondarily, is this a good deal for utility customers?
John Farrell

Aug 18, 2015

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Could millions of smart meters be used to create a powerful supercomputer?
Hive Computing wants to rival the processing power of Google and Amazon by harnessing idle smart meters.
Jeff St John

Aug 10, 2015

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How EV chargers and energy storage can make good grid partners
ChargePoint and Green Charge link batteries and public EV chargers to limit demand charges and make loads more flexible.
Jeff St John

Jul 23, 2015

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SunEdison boosts Australia presence as it targets global oil giants
SunEdison makes new purchase that will accelerate its Australian business, and put it on a path to challenge global utilities, even oil majors.
Giles Parkinson

Jul 21, 2015

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Elon Musk

Musk: ‘I’m not a fan of disruption; just a fan of things being better’
Elon Musk wants the people to know that he’s not quite the rebel some have made him out to be.
Julia Pyper

Jun 11, 2015

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US solar generation doubled in 2014, renewable output grew 11%
And that’s not counting rooftop solar or distributed renewables.
Jeff St John

Mar 10, 2015

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Featured

Big utilities charge into distributed energy, one step at a time
Australia’s biggest two utilities have decided they want to own the rooftop solar on homes and business, and maybe the storage and EVs too. RE interviews the executives behind the strategies, and their attempts to switch from a centralised model to a distributed future.
Giles Parkinson

Feb 27, 2015

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