An Idiot’s Guide To Australia’s Electricity Price Problem
Unless you live under a rock, you’d have heard about the blowout in wholesale electricity prices in the eastern states. Things were so bad that on the 14th of June, AEMO suspended the wholesale...
View ArticleJuly Electricity Price Hikes: Up Everywhere But VIC & ACT — Solar Feed-in...
Most Australians were hit with an electricity price increase in July. The exceptions were the ACT, which had a slight decrease, and Victoria whose electricity prices change now in August. Update...
View ArticleThree Days Of Non-Insane Prices Spark Hope Wholesale Electricity Crisis Is...
For four months now, electricity prices in the eastern states have been crazy high. But they’ve cooled down in the last three days to the point where they’re now just high. This does not mean the...
View ArticleWholesale Electricity Price Crises Continue — More Hefty Hikes Likely
Australia’s wholesale electricity price crisis is in its fifth month. This ongoing disaster began in April and really took off in May, June, and July. It continued through August, but the crisis...
View ArticleSynergy’s Midday Saver Tariff: Home Batteries Can Pay in WA
If you live in Perth, or within a four-hour drive, I have some good news. Synergy has changed its residential time-of-use tariff to 8 cents per kilowatt-hour for grid electricity from 9am to 3pm....
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View ArticleFederal Energy Rebates: Solar Households May Come Out Ahead
Electricity Price Hikes Incoming… If you live in an eastern state — or that middle state called South Australia strapped to them by a couple of transmission lines — then in July, you’ll be hit with...
View ArticleAER Points to Solar PV as a Factor in Electricity Price Hikes
Electricity prices in Queensland, NSW and South Australia will rise by as much as 23.9% in July, with the Australian Energy Regulator publishing its final Default Market Offer (DMO) determination for...
View ArticleDamn It’s Cold: Inferior Housing Leaves Australians Freezing
The winter solstice is upon us, bringing dismal weather to Adelaide and much of Australia. And in other shocking news, water is wet. Equally distressing is the impending wave of power price rises on...
View Article“THEY’RE STEALING MY ELECTRICITY!” The Truth About Feed-in Tariffs
For some time, I’ve been both amused and increasingly disappointed by how people perceive solar feed-in tariffs. I understand their concerns, but it’s disheartening how many lack critical thinking...
View ArticleAmber Electric 12 Month Review: Lower Bills Despite Battery Issues
Joining Amber Electric a year ago, I began an exciting journey with 6.6kW of solar and a 10kWh SolarEdge battery on my Adelaide townhouse. The promise of sky-high prices for exported energy was...
View ArticleSteve’s Solar Shock: How I Sorted His Dodgy $4,000 Electricity Bill
Just before Christmas, one of my best mates finished installing solar on his shed. Six weeks later his eagerly anticipated new electricity bill came. He was mortified when he opened the envelope to...
View ArticleA Solar Installer’s Guide to Beating Confusing Electricity Tariffs
As a solar installer, I’ve had to deal with electricity retailers a lot. So much so, that I sometimes wonder what I did in a past life to deserve this. In this post I’ll share my frustrations but also...
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