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In simple terms: the industry is pushing every home owner to have a roof full of solar and battery storage.
Revision Two: the Government is pushing every home owner to have a roof full of solar and battery storage.
Quote from: WAI4WD on Jul 23, 2022, 02:11:44 PMRevision Two: the Government is pushing every home owner to have a roof full of solar and battery storage.Have been quoted $8500 for a 6.6kwh system including one 5.8kwh battery. Battery set up is modular so can add another battery when we have more cash. What are people's thoughts on this price?Looks like we will just have to such it and see with the new charges. Still waiting on our current retailer to provide our historic power usage so I can see what may happen. Sent from my SM-A205YN using TapatalkWe have 6.6kW of solar on our roof. The money we receive as a rebate for power sent back to the grid covers the cost of what we take from the grid. However it would take far more than 6.6kW of solar to recoup the cost of the supply charge. Unless your State provides a battery rebate or subsidy, installing a battery currently isn't financially viable.
Quote from: tom60 on Jul 23, 2022, 10:51:35 AMajm it appears that if you want to achieve the lwest possible monthly bill on the existing tarriff you need to ensure the electricity consumption during the demand period doesn't exceed that of the non demand period. You need to consider what load can be moved from the peak period to the low period. Appliances like washing machines, dishwashers, oven, kettle, etc. Reserve the peak period for TV, computer, lights, etc.I have an energy consumption and production monitor fitted to our house and can see the consumption spike when SHMBO puts on the kettle for a cuppa in the morning and evening. The kettle uses 2000W! From the calculation provided by energy Australia, ANY consumption in the 4pm to 9pm slot, M - F, is used in the calculation of the new demand charge. They use the half hour with the highest amount of electricity used as the base line for your monthly demand charge. The only way to avoid it is to turn everything off and sit in the dark. That tells me it's as much about revenue as it is about shifting the actual demand profile. If it was just the excess demand that would be charged, there would be a threshold allowing for normal/average consumption. The demand price would then catch out those switching on the air con and all the lights. Where did your energy monitor device come from?Sent from my SM-A205YN using Tapatalk
ajm it appears that if you want to achieve the lwest possible monthly bill on the existing tarriff you need to ensure the electricity consumption during the demand period doesn't exceed that of the non demand period. You need to consider what load can be moved from the peak period to the low period. Appliances like washing machines, dishwashers, oven, kettle, etc. Reserve the peak period for TV, computer, lights, etc.I have an energy consumption and production monitor fitted to our house and can see the consumption spike when SHMBO puts on the kettle for a cuppa in the morning and evening. The kettle uses 2000W!
Great for the environment. Swap coal mines for rare earth mineral mining for use in the batteries. We're screwed everywhich way.Sent from my SM-A205YN using Tapatalk
and what about the batterys?