{"id":28597,"date":"2019-03-12T11:26:25","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T00:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=28597"},"modified":"2019-03-12T11:26:25","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T00:56:25","slug":"solarquotes-vodcast-ep7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solarquotes-vodcast-ep7\/","title":{"rendered":"SolarQuotes Vodcast #7 : Finn Gets In Trouble With The Police"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtube-wrapper\"><iframe title=\"SolarQuotes Vodcast #7 - 8\/3\/19\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BPeJyA7YqGk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>In this episode:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BPeJyA7YqGk&amp;t=17s\">0:17<\/a>\u00a0We discuss why the CEC Approved Solar Retailer Scheme might be about to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/approved-solar-retailer-victoria\/\">enter a dangerous new phase<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BPeJyA7YqGk&amp;t=17s\">0:17<\/a>\u00a0Ronald dobs me in for getting a police caution on the streets of Adelaide.<\/p>\n<p>And then we go through the last 7 days of solar news on the blog.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Click on the timestamp to go to that part of the video.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string\" spellcheck=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BPeJyA7YqGk&amp;t=170s\">2:50<\/a>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0Australian Solar Systems Interest Index \u2013 March 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The latest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/aussii-solar-feb19-mb0959\/\">Australian Solar System Interest Index<\/a> shows that people want bigger solar systems, only a minority think they will ever add batteries, and very few people actually want batteries right now. 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