{"id":229,"date":"2010-10-25T15:56:11","date_gmt":"2010-10-25T06:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=229"},"modified":"2017-05-03T13:51:26","modified_gmt":"2017-05-03T03:21:26","slug":"which-electricity-company-pays-the-most-for-your-solar-electricity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/which-electricity-company-pays-the-most-for-your-solar-electricity\/","title":{"rendered":"Which Electricity Company pays the most for your solar electricity?"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><em><strong>Update: Feb 27 2015:\u00a0<\/strong>Please note the date on this blog post is October 2010 &#8211; so the information is out of date.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The best way to find good electricity tariff deals for solar owners in 2015\u00a0is the surprisingly good government website:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.energymadeeasy.gov.au\/\">www.energymadeeasy.gov.au<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Go to that website, click on the red &#8216;residential&#8217; button, enter your postcode, check the &#8216;offers available to solar owners&#8217; box and follow the prompts.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>A company offering very good Feed In rates ($0.12 in some areas) is &#8220;Click Energy&#8221;.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Those nice folk at the Alternative Energy Association have just released a really useful survey.<\/p>\n<p>They paid someone to go round every electricity company in Australia to find out which company will give you the best deal if you have a solar energy system on your home.<\/p>\n<p>My advice: read the survey for each state and switch to the company that:<\/p>\n<p>a) pays the most<\/p>\n<p>and<\/p>\n<p>b) has the most solar friendly terms.<\/p>\n<p>For example some companies may offer a great rate per kWh, but only give you it as a credit on your bill. Others may make you fill out a zillion forms before you actually receive it.<\/p>\n<p>The one thing that people can get stung on is if their electricity company forces you onto a higher &#8220;peak&#8221; rate for your electricity once your panels are installed. The survey asks about this &#8211; so read the answers carefully before deciding to switch!<\/p>\n<p>The good news is that there are electricity companies out there that will give you a good rate but not force you onto a higher rate for the electricity that you do buy. You can have your cake and eat it Hooray!<\/p>\n<p>The links to the survey for each state are <a title=\"ATA FIT Survey\" href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20111212073838\/http:\/\/www.ata.org.au\/projects-and-advocacy\/feed-in-tariff-for-solar-systems\/ata-national-feed-in-tariff-retailer-survey\/?utm_source=MailingList&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=ATA+October+2010+ebulletin\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here are the questions they asked of each electricity company:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What is your Premium feed\u2010in tariff rate offered (c\/kWh) ?<\/li>\n<li>Is any excess credit paid out at the end of 12 months?<\/li>\n<li>Is this an automatic process, or is the customer required to apply to have this paid out?<\/li>\n<li>Is there a time limit within which the customer must apply?<\/li>\n<li>Is the customer paid the entire value of any outstanding credit or is there a minimum credit balance a customer must exceed before being eligible to be paid?<\/li>\n<li>Is there any fee levied for being paid out any excess credit?<\/li>\n<li>What happens to any remaining credit not paid out?<\/li>\n<li>Does the customer retain ownership of all outstanding Renewable Energy Certificates, GreenPower Rights and\/or any other present or future environmental rights created by their system?<\/li>\n<li>Is the premium feed\u2010in tariff linked to any specific retail offer(s), or is the customer free to choose from all of the retail offers and tariffs they would be eligible for if they weren\u2019t receiving the premium feed\u2010in tariff?<\/li>\n<li>By entering into a contract for your premium feed\u2010in tariff, are the retail service charges affected \/ adjusted in anyway?<\/li>\n<li>Is the customer able to retain any existing dedicated off\u2010peak supply meters when converting to solar PV, small wind or any other form of micro\u2010 generation?<\/li>\n<li>Is the customer eligible for dedicated off\u2010peak\u00a0hot water \/ heating supply tariffs once accessing your premium feed\u2010in\u00a0tariff?<\/li>\n<li>Is the customer still eligible to purchase GreenPower for their electricity consumption?<\/li>\n<li>Are all classes of customers (e.g. residential, business) eligible to receive\u00a0your Premium Feed\u2010in Tariff offer, providing they are a <strong><em>qualifying customer <\/em><\/strong>under the relevant feed\u2010in tariff legislation?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Update: Feb 27 2015:\u00a0Please note the date on this blog post is October 2010 &#8211; so the information is out of date. 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