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Comment on Australian households to get free electricity three hours a day

FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

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Eyekaytee@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Solar feed in charges:

yes as i said and from your own link

Solar export tariffs are designed to stop solar being exported to the grid when there is a lot of sunshine about. That means that solar panel owners should put in place things that soak up their solar generation.

there is currently too much cheap renewable power going to the grid during the day

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

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:

AEMO’s Integrated System Plan (ISP) does highlight the growing importance of distributed energy resources, including home batteries, as part of Australia’s future energy mix. The plan envisions a future where consumer energy resources (CER), such as rooftop solar and home batteries, play a major role in supporting the grid, especially as coal plants retire and renewable energy capacity expands. By 2050, AEMO expects a massive increase in both rooftop solar and battery storage, with home batteries potentially helping to avoid billions in grid investment costs—if they are “well coordinated” .

The key here is “well coordinated.” AEMO and the energy market are exploring ways to integrate home batteries into the grid through mechanisms like Virtual Power Plants (VPPs), where households can choose to participate and may receive incentives or payments for allowing their batteries to be used to support the grid during peak times. Participation is voluntary, and households are not forced to give up control of their batteries without compensation .

There is no current policy or plan that allows power companies to unilaterally “draw from” home batteries without the owner’s consent or compensation. Any use of home batteries for grid support would typically be part of a formal agreement, such as a VPP program, where participants are compensated for their contribution
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- FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  VPPs mate lol. It says that at the end there. When everyone has a smart meter and the only plans available are VPP ones, what do you think the power companies will do with the legislation that allows them to draw all your power from your battery and charge you for it?
  
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  - Eyekaytee@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    
    When everyone has a smart meter and the only plans available are VPP ones
    
    Who says there will be only VPP ones? And you’re saying all 10 million households will have a home battery?
    
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    FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    AEMO and the power companies will make sure of it. People without batteries will pay absurd amounts for power, and those with batteries will pay slightly less than absurd prices.
    
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