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Western Australia’s Energy Minister Ben Wyatt says he is examining support and incentives for solar power and battery storage in the state.<\/p>\n

In comments made to The West Australian<\/a>, Minister Wyatt said he was looking into the impacts of a recommendation by the ACCC to axe Australia’s solar subsidy<\/a> prematurely. He has also directed the Public Utilities Office to examine WA’s solar feed-in tariff<\/a>, the Renewable Energy Buyback Scheme (REBS).<\/p>\n

The West Australian report indicates the Minister may support the accelerated winding back or early axing of the Small-scale Renewable Energy Scheme (SRES) and expressed a belief Synergy’s REBS rate of 7.1c a kilowatt hour may be too generous.<\/p>\n

“The current REBS buyback rate is currently higher than the value of solar energy during the day,” he is quoted as saying.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Whether that is true depends on how solar electricity is valued, for example if avoided health costs and environmental damage are taken into account – too often these important elements are ignored.<\/p>\n

What could be considered a bright spot is Minister Wyatt is looking into promoting the uptake of solar batteries<\/a> in Western Australia, as he says storage would helping maximise the use of existing infrastructure and reduce the cost of electricity supply.<\/p>\n

While going solar in Western Australia is a wise investment for many households and businesses, SQ’s Ronald noted in May that Perth<\/a> has the longest simple solar payback period<\/a> of all capital cities on the mainland.\u00a0 This is due to the level of electricity prices in the state and it having the lowest feed-in tariff in the country. Any reduction in the Renewable Energy Buyback Scheme rate could extend simple payback, however the cost of solar panels<\/a> continues to decrease and electricity prices1<\/a><\/sup> in WA continue to increase.<\/p>\n

According to the latest data from Australia’s Clean Energy Regulator, the number of small scale solar power<\/a> systems installed across Western Australia is approaching 266,000 – so any attempt to reduce the REBS rate will probably meet with significant backlash.<\/p>\n

Some early adopters of solar panels in WA are on much higher feed-in incentives – either 40c or 20c per kilowatt hour. There’s no indication Minister Wyatt is looking at changing the legacy arrangements, but those rates finally expire in 2021.<\/p>\n

There’s been no official announcement as yet from the Western Australian Government providing further details on all this, only The West Australian’s report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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