{"id":39464,"date":"2020-05-11T13:25:05","date_gmt":"2020-05-11T02:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=39464"},"modified":"2023-11-22T13:14:57","modified_gmt":"2023-11-22T03:44:57","slug":"solar-inverter-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-inverter-control\/","title":{"rendered":"The Grid Wants To Control Your Solar Inverter — But Only For Good, Not Evil"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Thanks to a deficit of trust in government, people are rightly worried when they hear that ‘the government wants to be able to switch off their solar systems’.<\/p><\/div>\n

On the 30th of April the AEMO<\/a> or — as it’s known by the long-winded — Australian Energy Market Operator, published a significant report called Renewable Integration Study 1<\/a>.\u00a0 A few people read the summary and then wrote articles on how the grid wants to take control of people’s solar inverters; switching them on and off as they desire. <\/p>\n

Some of the stories made it sound downright sinister.\u00a0 As a result, I’ve had one person tell me they’ve changed their mind about getting solar installed because “the government” will take control of their system and stop them from saving money – and I’m sure there are more people like him out there.<\/p>\n

AEMO Report Appendix A: The Grid Only Wants To Control Your Home A Little Bit<\/h2>\n

But having read through all 54 pages of Appendix A<\/a> — the part that focuses on rooftop solar, \u00a0I can assure you that our grid overlords only want to take control of our solar inverters<\/a> for good and not evil.\u00a0 Here are five reasons why there’s no need to panic:<\/p>\n