{"id":26838,"date":"2019-01-02T05:31:36","date_gmt":"2019-01-01T19:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=26838"},"modified":"2019-01-02T05:40:07","modified_gmt":"2019-01-01T19:10:07","slug":"solar-peak-demand-mb0884","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-peak-demand-mb0884\/","title":{"rendered":"Solar Slashes Peak Electricity Demand On New Year&#8217;s Eve"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_26840\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/solar-peak-demand.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26840\" class=\"size-full wp-image-26840\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/solar-peak-demand.jpg\" alt=\"Rooftop solar's impact on electricity demand\" width=\"800\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/solar-peak-demand.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/solar-peak-demand-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/solar-peak-demand-768x418.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-26840\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/en\/solar-modules-solar-photovoltaic-924333\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"> moerschy<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Australia Institute (TAI) has taken EnergyAustralia to task over recent claims it made regarding the cost of small-scale solar to electricity customers, while ignoring its value.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>According to TAI, on December 31 rooftop solar cut peak electricity demand in New South Wales by 776 MW, in Queensland by 550 MW, in South Australia by 411 MW and in Victoria by 601 MW.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Solar slashes peak demand, which drives down electricity bills for everyone,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheAusInstitute\/status\/1079930477341925377\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TAI tweeted<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"attachment_26839\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/nsw-demand-solar.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26839\" class=\"size-full wp-image-26839\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/nsw-demand-solar.png\" alt=\"NSW electricity demand\" width=\"800\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/nsw-demand-solar.png 800w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/nsw-demand-solar-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/nsw-demand-solar-768x426.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-26839\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: The Australia Institute<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It&#8217;s during peak demand periods when the wholesale cost of electricity can really crank up &#8211; particularly on hot summer days when air-conditioner use skyrockets. The National Electricity Rules stipulate a maximum spot price<sup class='endnote'><a href='https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-peak-demand-mb0884\/#en-26838-1' id='enref-26838-1' onclick='return hhEndnotes_show(26838)'>1<\/a><\/sup> of $12,500 per megawatt-hour\u00a0 &#8211; $12.50 a kilowatt-hour<sup class='endnote'><a href='https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-peak-demand-mb0884\/#en-26838-2' id='enref-26838-2' onclick='return hhEndnotes_show(26838)'>2<\/a><\/sup> &#8211; although pricing at this level is usually for very short periods. Even without hitting anywhere close to the maximum spot price, periods of peak demand can be a very profitable time for electricity generators. Generally speaking, the lower peak demand is, the cheaper the wholesale electricity price is.<\/p>\n<h2>Solar Savings For All Electricity Customers<\/h2>\n<p>TAI states while electricity generator\/retailer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/energyaustralia-solar-subsidy-mb0883\/\">EnergyAustralia&#8217;s claims<\/a> in a recent Daily Telegraph article that the Small-scale Renewable Energy Scheme (SRES) costs NSW electricity consumers on average $45 a year, the company ignored &#8220;$ billions&#8221; saved through solar alleviating peak demand.<\/p>\n<p>As an example, it points to an article by RenewEconomy&#8217;s Giles Parkinson last year that states an analysis of electricity price surges during the February 2017 heatwave in New South Wales suggests residential and commercial rooftop solar across the state likely saved electricity customers close to <a href=\"https:\/\/reneweconomy.com.au\/rooftop-solar-saved-nsw-consumers-nearly-1-billion-heatwave-45093\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$1 billion &#8211; over just three days<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Australia Institute <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheAusInstitute\/status\/1079929689626402816\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">says<\/a> cutting Australia&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/panels\/rebate\/\">solar subsidy<\/a> prematurely, which EnergyAustralia would love to see happen, will drive up power prices (and EnergyAustralia&#8217;s profits).<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, back at the Daily Telegraph, Tim Blair weighed in on the subsidy issue with a subsequent blog post bearing a title screaming &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailytelegraph.com.au\/blogs\/tim-blair\/poor-subsidising-the-solarloving-rich\/news-story\/3884c995eb7344f5f007c2b160866878\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Poor Subsidising The Solar-Loving Rich<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Queensland University of Technology&#8217;s Dr Jeff Sommerfeld would probably disagree with what that headline infers. A 2017 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.qut.edu.au\/science-engineering\/about\/news?id=113902\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">QUT study revealed<\/a> the highest uptake of solar power subsidies in that state was among families on medium to lower incomes. It would be fairly safe to assume the same applies in New South Wales.<\/p>\n<p>While it&#8217;s true some families who could reap the benefits of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/solar101.html\">solar power<\/a> still cannot access it, instead of axing the SRES more needs to be done to help them do so &#8211; and there will be flow-on benefits for all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Australia Institute (TAI) has taken EnergyAustralia to task over recent claims it made regarding the cost of small-scale solar to electricity customers, while ignoring its value.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":26840,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[678],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-solar-battery-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.5 (Yoast SEO v28.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Solar Slashes Peak Electricity Demand On New Year&#039;s Eve<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Australia Institute has taken EnergyAustralia to task over recent claims it made regarding the cost of small-scale solar to electricity customers.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-peak-demand-mb0884\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Solar Slashes Peak Electricity Demand On New Year&#039;s Eve\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Australia Institute has taken EnergyAustralia to task over recent claims it made regarding the cost of small-scale solar to electricity customers.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-peak-demand-mb0884\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SolarQuotes Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SolarQuotes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-01-01T19:01:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-01-01T19:10:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/solar-peak-demand.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"435\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michael Bloch\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/solar-peak-demand-mb0884\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/solar-peak-demand-mb0884\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Bloch\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1\"},\"headline\":\"Solar Slashes Peak Electricity Demand On New Year&#8217;s Eve\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-01-01T19:01:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-01-01T19:10:07+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/solar-peak-demand-mb0884\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":508,\"commentCount\":1,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/solar-peak-demand-mb0884\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/01\\\/solar-peak-demand.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"General Solar &amp; 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