Comment on Australian households to get free electricity three hours a day
Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 2 days agoI don’t get it
the power company can steal your power and charge you for the privilege
If you export power to the grid, you are paid for it
The whole reason to join a VPP, is so you get paid for exporting power during CRITICAL peak events
I know, because I have now been on 2 VPP’s
One with Sonnen, where they paid me $15 a month for being on standby to charge during peak events and Globird ZeroHero:
ZEROLIMITS (Optional add-on): Take your earnings to the next level Get $1/kWh on exports during wholesale critical events, plus other critical event credits
www.globirdenergy.com.au/energy-saver/zerohero/
Nobody is signing up to a VPP to donate their power and get nothing for it
Also the government recently made it legal for power companies to charge you for your exports, which you need to be on a VPP for them to do
Where did you read this?
The charge for exports is for SOLAR during the MIDDLE of the DAY because there is TOO MUCH solar
Solar energy exports are reaching levels in some parts of the grid during the 10am – 3pm period that they are becoming difficult to manage and could potentially pose a threat to network stability. Export charges applied during this window will act as a signal to system owners to self-consume more of the energy they generate during this time.
FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 2 days ago
Sorry I’m out at the shops and wrangling the kids at the moment, so will do a full reply later.
Solar feed in charges: repositpower.com/…/the-solar-tax-has-arrived-now-…
What is happening now doesn’t matter, as it’s all going to radically change as the AEMO plan states that 60% of all grid storage is home battery storage, and that the power companies draw from this at will - and they’re not going to pay for it. Power companies are in the business of making money, and politicians are in their back pockets for those sweet lobbying dollars and post-politics executive jobs.
To make all this work they need everyone with smart meters, and solar and batteries. What they’re doing now is getting everyone to get them installed via incentives, so when everyone has them they can start stealing your power and charge you for it and there’s nothing you can do.
Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 2 days ago
yes as i said and from your own link
there is currently too much cheap renewable power going to the grid during the day
no it doesn’t
The claim that “60% of all grid storage is home battery storage, and that power companies draw from this at will—and they’re not going to pay for it” is a significant oversimplification and, in some respects, a misrepresentation of AEMO’s plans and the current state of Australia’s energy market.
What AEMO actually says: