The Essential Services Commission of Victoria has provided the final details of its first ever varying solar feed in tariff (FiT) that will take effect from July 1, 2018, and thereafter become compulsory. The shift...
With almost 10,000 solar panels being installed each day, Australia may face further setbacks including a potential Solar Feed-in Tariff Cutback in 2018? Energy experts have warned of a possible over-supply of solar energy to...
A feed-in tariff is just another great benefit of installing solar panels. The renewable energy feed-in tariff is a rate paid to eligible households, small businesses and community organisations for excess electricity fed back to...
Don't get caught out! Find out what is really happening with Australian electricity prices and get the facts before you pay your next power bill. If you have not taken action against the energy companies...
Since 2007, Australians have spent almost $8bn on rooftop solar panels thanks to attractive feed-in tariffs that once offered households up to 60c per kWh they sold back to the grid. At a price far higher than...
Following almost 1,000 redundancies being handed out by solar companies Mark Group and Climate Energy, protest against the Queensland government over cuts to renewable energy is at an all time high. The Queensland Government have...
A final decision has been made by the Essential Services Commission on the minimum feed-in tariff rate paid to Victorian customers with solar panel installations in 2014. The Commission has decided on 8 cents per...
The wholesale cost of electricity is almost always the focus of power companies when asked why energy costs are rising. The reason for this focus is it's the one cost that your power company can...
As of 1 January 2013, the Transitional Feed-in Tariff for solar panels will be closed to new customers, as will the "one-for-one" arrangements under the Standard Feed-in Tariff Scheme. Transitional Feed-in Tariff customers who add...
Homes and businesses with solar systems will continue to be paid generously for the power they produce while other consumers front the cost. The Newman Government has committed to keeping the 44 cents feed-in tariff...
Yesterday, the Queensland Government broke its election promise to retain the 44 cent feed-in tariff for solar PV generation only three months after being elected. Was this entirely foreseeable? Yes, in fact following Campbell Newman’s...
