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Craig Kelly | Image: NSW Liberals<\/p><\/div>\n

Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg is being pressured by NSW Liberal MP Craig Kelly to act on reducing Australia’s solar subsidy, which could be relatively easily done by tinkering with an important mechanism.<\/p>\n

Australia’s “solar rebate<\/a>” (not to be confused with feed in tariffs<\/a>) is based on Small-scale Technology Certificates (STCs), the value of which fluctuates with market conditions. Currently, the value of these certificates is getting towards their maximum possible price of $40 each 1<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

Even though Australia\u2019s major solar subsidy is already being gradually phased out<\/a>, a rebound in STC prices after they plummeted<\/a> during a period last year has significantly reduced the out-of-pocket cost of installing solar power systems<\/a>.<\/p>\n

However, STC value can also be influenced by the Small-scale Technology Percentage (STP<\/a>), which is meant to balance the supply of STCs by setting an equivalent demand each year. This percentage is set annually by the Energy Minister and must be announced by the end of March.<\/p>\n

While Australia’s Clean Energy Regulator said late last year it expected the 2018 small-scale technology percentage to materially increase<\/a> after Australia’s stellar year of small-scale rooftop solar installs, there is no guarantee Minister Frydenberg will make that call.<\/p>\n

This decision can be made unilaterally by the Minister – it does not require a vote or changes to legislation. Minister Frydenberg can also choose not to announce a decision on the STP, in which case a standard formula would be applied by the Clean Energy Regulator.<\/p>\n

Craig “Renewables Kill<\/a>” Kelly, who is chairman of the Coalition backbench committee for energy and the environment, appears to have seized on the situation to apply pressure on Mr. Frydenberg to slash the subsidy, without outright stating so.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s effectively a reverse Robin Hood scheme where we are \u00adincreasing the electricity prices on the poor to reduce electricity \u00adprices for the rich,\u201d he said<\/a> in an article published on The Australian.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Nobody would deny that increasing electricity prices pose a terrible burden on low income households, but it has been repeatedly shown that “solar power is for the rich” is a furphy. Mr. Kelly’s focus on that aspect isn’t framing who benefits from solar accurately, as uptake of solar panels has been greatest in Australia’s “mortgage belt” areas.<\/p>\n

For example, a study out of QUT published last year showed the highest uptake in solar PV systems in Queensland was not from the well-to-do.<\/p>\n

“In fact, the highest uptake of solar PV systems is coming from families, those on low-incomes and with homes of three bedrooms or more,\u201d said<\/a> Dr Jeff Sommerfeld, lead author of the study.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As to electricity prices, even Josh Frydenberg has acknowledged<\/a> the role that renewable energy, including small scale solar, will play in putting downwards pressure on electricity prices going forward.<\/p>\n

Another party quoted in The Australian story was Jeff Bye, founder and owner of certificate trader Demand Manager in Sydney. Mr. Bye reportedly opined that STCs were currently overpriced and is concerned the situation will again lead to the rise of solar cowboys looking to cash in.<\/p>\n

In Demand Manager’s 2018 Certificate Price Outlook<\/a> published last month, it states that depending on the situation with the 2018 STP surrender target , the STC price could reduce to the $20’s to mid-low $30’s during the coming year. However, that assumes a target of below 25 million and 30 million certificates respectively – and it could be higher; sustaining current STC values.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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His comment came after rumours of Chinese company Shandong Ruyi eyeing AGL's clapped-out, coal-fired, emissions-belching Liddell Power Station, which AGL\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "General Solar & Storage News"","block_context":{"text":"General Solar & Storage News","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Craig Kelly and Liddell Power Station","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/craig-kelly-liddell.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/craig-kelly-liddell.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/craig-kelly-liddell.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/craig-kelly-liddell.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":20158,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/regulator-sres-visits-mb0510\/","url_meta":{"origin":19867,"position":3},"title":"Clean Energy Regulator To Visit SRES Registered Agents","author":"Michael Bloch","date":"March 20, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"As part of its ongoing efforts to ensure compliance among agents creating small-scale technology certificates within the REC Registry, Clean Energy Regulator representatives will be paying a visit to registered agents across the country from next month. Small-scale Technology Certificates (STCs) form the basis of Australia's major solar subsidy, the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "General Solar & Storage News"","block_context":{"text":"General Solar & Storage News","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Clean Energy Regulator","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/clean-energy-regulator-visits.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/clean-energy-regulator-visits.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/clean-energy-regulator-visits.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/clean-energy-regulator-visits.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":30445,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/election-solar-power-mb1060\/","url_meta":{"origin":19867,"position":4},"title":"Post-Election : What Now For Solar Power In Australia?","author":"Michael Bloch","date":"May 20, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"With Scott Morrison to continue at Australia's helm, what now for solar energy? Is Australia's popular solar rebate again threatened? While the post-mortem of Labor's loss will be debated for some time, e.g. the \" Adani factor\" in Queensland, the reality is Prime Minister Morrison, ScoMo, Scooter - however you\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "General Solar & Storage News"","block_context":{"text":"General Solar & Storage News","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"PM Scott Morrison - solar panels","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/morrison-solar-power.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/morrison-solar-power.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/morrison-solar-power.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/morrison-solar-power.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/morrison-solar-power.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":22192,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/craig-kelly-renewables-coal-mb0622\/","url_meta":{"origin":19867,"position":5},"title":"Craig Kelly On Anti-Renewables, Pro-Coal Warpath (Again)","author":"Michael Bloch","date":"June 12, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Fools, liars, \"eco-zealots\" and \"useful idiots\" - some of the terms Liberal backbencher (and it seems energy expert) Craig Kelly has used in the past few days to describe renewable energy supporters. Any visit to Craig Kelly's Facebook page is always an interesting one and he was quite busy over\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "General Solar & Storage News"","block_context":{"text":"General Solar & Storage News","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Craig Kelly - pro-coal, anti-renewables","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/craig-kelly-renewables.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/craig-kelly-renewables.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/craig-kelly-renewables.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/craig-kelly-renewables.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19867"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19867\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19884,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19867\/revisions\/19884"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}