{"id":44838,"date":"2020-11-16T05:17:56","date_gmt":"2020-11-15T18:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=44838"},"modified":"2020-11-16T05:17:56","modified_gmt":"2020-11-15T18:47:56","slug":"solar-export-charges-mb1761","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-export-charges-mb1761\/","title":{"rendered":"Rooftop Solar Export &#8220;Tax&#8221; Draft Determination Deferred"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-44839\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/solar-export-charges.jpg\" alt=\"Solar export charges\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/solar-export-charges.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/solar-export-charges-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/solar-export-charges-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/solar-export-charges-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) said on Thursday its draft determination on proposed National Electricity Rule (NER) changes impacting rooftop solar and other distributed energy resources will be delayed.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>First, some background. Back in July, the AEMC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-export-charges-mb1624\/\">called for submissions<\/a> on proposed rule change requests it had received following AEMC&#8217;s calls for reform in 2019; relating to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pricing and incentive arrangements for distributed energy resources (DER), which include and are primarily solar power systems, but also solar batteries, electric vehicles and energy management systems.<\/li>\n<li>Planning and access to the grid for DER.<\/li>\n<li>Allowing distribution network service providers (DNSPs) to charge for exports to the network.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It won&#8217;t come as any surprise the latter is the most controversial. Charging solar owners for exporting their surplus electricity to the grid isn&#8217;t allowed under the NER currently.\u00a0 One of the proponents for changing this, SA Power Networks (SAPN), believes it will result in new pricing models that will charge solar owners for some behaviours and reward them for others. However, SAPN envisages excluding existing owners of rooftop systems from this &#8211; so that&#8217;s worth keeping in mind if you&#8217;re <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/solar101.html\">considering installing solar panels<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The other proponent, St Vincent de Paul Society Victoria, says solar system owners should be given an option of either paying to export, or be subject to constraints on how much they can export when the grid is congested.<\/p>\n<h2>\u201cUnfair, Inconsistent, Inequitable\u201d<\/h2>\n<p>In its submission concerning the proposed changes, The Australia Institute (TAI) said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-export-charges-mb1712\/\">charges for exports would be unfair<\/a> unless solar owners were also being paid fair revenue (i.e. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/systems\/feed-in-tariffs\/\">feed-in tariffs<\/a>) for the benefits their systems provide. Among the many benefits:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Solar putting downwards pressure on wholesale electricity prices<\/li>\n<li>Pushing out fossil fuel based generation \u2013 health, environmental and associated financial benefits.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>One of the other arguments TAI made is it would be unfair to charge solar households when other generators are not charged for accessing the network. However, a related <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aemc.gov.au\/sites\/default\/files\/2020-10\/Consumer%20FAQs_0.pdf\">AEMC FAQ<\/a> points out large generators pay larger up-front connection fees that are based on their capacity and work that needs to be done to the network to cater to them.<\/p>\n<h2>Draft Determination Deferred<\/h2>\n<p>The AEMC was to have published its draft determination on all three proposed rule changes this month, but that has now been delayed until March 25 next year. It says the extension will enable the AEMC to continue working with stakeholders on how National Electricity Rules in relation to distributed energy resources can be updated in a way that benefits all customers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is very important to get this right and planning ahead will avoid technical problems, keep costs down and speed up the decarbonisation of the energy sector,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aemc.gov.au\/news-centre\/media-releases\/extension-draft-decision-new-rules-better-integrate-distributed-energy\">said<\/a> AEMC chief executive Benn Barr.<\/p>\n<p>Further information on each of the rule change requests can be found here:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aemc.gov.au\/rule-changes\/network-planning-and-access-distributed-energy-resources\">TEC\/ACOSS<\/a> (network planning and access)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aemc.gov.au\/rule-changes\/allowing-dnsps-charge-exports-network\">St Vincent de Paul Society Victoria<\/a> (allowing solar export charges)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aemc.gov.au\/sites\/default\/files\/2020-10\/Consumer%20FAQs_0.pdf\">SA Power Networks<\/a> (allowing solar export charges, pricing and incentives)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All three were consolidated last Thursday &#8211; further information: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aemc.gov.au\/rule-changes\/access-pricing-and-incentive-arrangements-distributed-energy-resources\">Access, pricing and incentive arrangements for distributed energy resources<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) said on Thursday its draft determination on proposed National Electricity Rule (NER) changes impacting rooftop solar and other distributed energy resources will be delayed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":44839,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[678],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44838","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 v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Rooftop Solar Export &quot;Tax&quot; 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