Electricity pricing has become so complicated that Australia’s energy rule-maker wants future power plans to be as easy to understand as buying milk.
That’s one of the key messages from a major Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) review released last week, which sets out a long-term roadmap for simplifying electricity pricing as rooftop solar, home batteries and electric vehicles become increasingly common. [Read more…]
SolarQuotes customer Louise Potgieter invested in a home battery system expecting to cut her bills down to size. She went on holiday, only to return to an unpleasantly large bill. She’s written about what happened, what to look out for, and how the right inverter paired with a 3 free hours of power plan solved the predicament.
Two years ago, SolarQuotes explored one of the trickier challenges facing would-be EV owners: how do you charge an electric car if you don’t have a driveway?
The solutions ranged from cable covers and drainpipes to charge gullies and elevated cable systems. There was no shortage of ideas, and the comments section quickly filled with alternative suggestions, objections and debate.
Shared batteries could play a bigger role in apartment solar, with Melbourne-based Allume Energy launching SolShare 2, a new version of its solar-sharing technology that allows multi-residential buildings to combine shared rooftop solar with battery storage.
Three hours of free electricity every day sounds like a pretty good deal on the face of it.
That’s the promise behind the Solar Sharer Offer, a new scheme launching in NSW, South-East Queensland and South Australia from July 2026.
In a recent SolarQuotes video, SolarQuotes founder Finn Peacock breaks down what’s actually going on — and why “free power” isn’t quite as simple as it sounds. [Read more…]
Australia has become a rooftop solar powerhouse, but millions of renters are still missing out on the technologies helping homeowners slash their energy bills — a gap which a new report says could be closed through mandatory minimum energy-efficiency standards for rental properties. [Read more…]
Solar has a bit of a waste issue presently. With extraordinary growth in both installations and system size, millions of panels are set to come off the roof in the next few years.
So, can we solve the problem? Yes, with just one word, pricing.
SolarQuotes is forever fielding questions from punters about quality of both hardware and installation, but recently we’ve seen a huge amount of interest in one fast-rising player.
So are Fox ESS batteries any good? I’ll give them a qualified yes and outline why in this article.
The Australian Energy Regulator (AER) has released its final Default Market Offer (DMO) determination for 2026–27, with most households across NSW, South East Queensland and South Australia set to see lower benchmark electricity prices from July. [Read more…]
The Australian Energy Regulator has completed its annual round of electricity network pricing approvals across most of the country, with one state defying the national trend for higher costs. [Read more…]
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