{"id":29570,"date":"2019-04-16T06:51:47","date_gmt":"2019-04-15T20:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=29570"},"modified":"2019-04-16T08:46:56","modified_gmt":"2019-04-15T22:16:56","slug":"vodcast-episode-12-mb1015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/vodcast-episode-12-mb1015\/","title":{"rendered":"SolarQuotes Vodcast Episode 12 &#8211; Dungeons &#038; Dragons"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtube-wrapper\"><iframe title=\"SolarQuotes Vodcast Episode #12 - 12\/4\/19\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hHrUMmMCvwk?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>Finn and Ronald chat about some of the major solar energy stories from the past week, talk solar panel direction and relive the glory of the company&#8217;s first D&amp;D tournament.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hHrUMmMCvwk&amp;t=17s\">0:17<\/a> &#8211; Finn and Ronald discuss the first SolarQuotes company Dungeons &amp; Dragons tournament.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hHrUMmMCvwk&amp;t=72s\">1:12<\/a> &#8211; Victoria\u2019s Solar Homes Rebate has\u00a0 maxed out &#8211; the &#8220;solar coaster&#8221; strikes again. Just a couple of days <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/vic-solar-homes-rebate-mb1008\/\"> after an announcement<\/a> Victoria&#8217;s Solar Homes rebate wasn&#8217;t far off from hitting the cap for this financial year, Solar Victoria announced applications had closed \u2013 but will restart at the beginning of July.\u00a0 However, this means there will be next to zero new sales activity in Victoria&#8217;s residential solar power sector for the next 2.5 months &#8211; and that will cause problems for many installers.<\/p>\n<p>Ronald and Finn place bets on how much the new rebate will be &#8211; both are expecting it to be reduced when it fires up again in July.<\/p>\n<p>*** On a related note, Victorians using our quoting system will see the following message when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/quote\/\">requesting quotes<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/quote\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/victoria-solar-quotes.png\" alt=\"Victoria solar quotes\" width=\"800\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/victoria-solar-quotes.png 800w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/victoria-solar-quotes-300x149.png 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/victoria-solar-quotes-768x380.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hHrUMmMCvwk&amp;t=225s\">3:45<\/a> &#8211; The pair talk electric cars and the Coalition&#8217;s scare campaign, or in Finn&#8217;s words &#8220;absolute horseshit&#8221;, concerning Labor&#8217;s fuel efficiency standards.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hHrUMmMCvwk&amp;t=354s\">5:54<\/a> &#8211; Finn and Ronald discuss the upcoming Federal Election, which will see Australians heading to the polls on May 18. 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