{"id":72498,"date":"2023-03-17T04:58:08","date_gmt":"2023-03-16T18:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=72498"},"modified":"2023-03-17T04:58:08","modified_gmt":"2023-03-16T18:28:08","slug":"solar-panel-rush-mb2864","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-panel-rush-mb2864\/","title":{"rendered":"Looming Power Price Rises Spark Solar Rush"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72499\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/solar-power-rush.jpg\" alt=\"Solar power rush\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/solar-power-rush.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/solar-power-rush-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/solar-power-rush-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/solar-power-rush-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It didn&#8217;t take long for news of further electricity bill increases to motivate Australians to get cracking on having solar panels installed.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In case you missed it &#8211; and it would have been pretty difficult to &#8211; the Australian Energy Regulator, Victorian Essential Services Commission and Queensland Competition Authority announced their draft <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/dmo-vdo-electricity-increases-mb2862\/\"> decisions on electricity pricing<\/a> for 2023\/24 on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The following are the increases proposed from July 1 for typical residential and business customers. Note that in NSW, SE QLD and SA, the proposed increases apply to the Default Market Offer (DMO); and in Victoria to the Victorian Default Offer (VDO). But these set the stage for market offers that will also likely increase.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>NSW: +20.9% to +22.2% (depending on service area) for residential, +14.7% &#8211; +19.9% for small business.<\/li>\n<li>SE QLD: +19.8% residential, +19.4% small business.<\/li>\n<li>Regional QLD: +28.9% residential, +26.1% small business<\/li>\n<li>SA: +21.8% residential, +25.4% small business.<\/li>\n<li>VIC: +~30% residential, +~31% small business.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Households and small businesses in Tasmania, the ACT, WA and the NT may not be off the hook either when their respective regulators sit down to nut things out.<\/p>\n<h2>Australians Flock To Solar Power<\/h2>\n<p>Here at SQ, we noticed a significant uptick in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/quote\/\">requests for solar quotes<\/a> soon after the announcements were made. On Wednesday, requests were up more than 50% on the previous Wednesday, and elevated activity continued yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s little wonder:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;If you own your own roof and it&#8217;s not heavily shaded, then solar is probably the most cost-effective way to get your bills down,&#8221; says SolarQuotes Founder Finn Peacock.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The typical simple payback period on a good quality <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/systems\/6kw\/\">6.6kW solar system<\/a> installed in a capital city is around 5 &#8211; 6 years. But this will vary based on a number of factors including energy consumption profile, as the real value in having a system is maximising solar energy self-consumption.<\/p>\n<p>To get an idea of how much solar panels could save you annually and an estimated simple payback period based on your location and circumstances, try our easy-to-use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/solar-calculator\/\">solar (and battery) calculator<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As for how big a system households should buy, Finn advises:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;For most homes, the minimum you should consider buying is a 6.6kW system,&#8221; he says. &#8220;If you use a lot of electricity, or you&#8217;re likely to add an electric car and\/or a battery to your home in the next few years &#8211; go larger than 6.6kW.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Among the larger sizes becoming more popular are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/systems\/10kw\/\">10kW solar systems<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Pre-Purchase Research Crucial<\/h2>\n<p>While households and small businesses may have a greater sense of urgency in arranging an installation to beat power price rises, it&#8217;s important not to rush a purchase decision. This is a significant investment you&#8217;ll be living with for years to come &#8211; and that time should be headache-free.<\/p>\n<p>To learn absolutely everything you need to know about going solar and be confident you\u2019re paying the right amount of money for a properly-sized, good quality system installed by competent professionals, read Finn&#8217;s popular <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/solar101.html\">&#8220;Solar 101&#8221; buyers guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It didn&#8217;t take long for news of further electricity bill increases to motivate Australians to get cracking on having solar panels installed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":72499,"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-72498","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>Looming Power Price Rises Spark Solar Rush<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"It didn&#039;t take long for news of further electricity bill increases to motivate Australians to get cracking on having solar panels installed.\" \/>\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-panel-rush-mb2864\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Looming Power Price Rises Spark Solar Rush\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It didn&#039;t take long for news of further electricity bill increases to motivate Australians to get cracking on having solar panels installed.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-panel-rush-mb2864\/\" \/>\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=\"2023-03-16T18:28:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/solar-power-rush.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\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-panel-rush-mb2864\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-panel-rush-mb2864\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Bloch\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1\"},\"headline\":\"Looming Power Price Rises Spark Solar Rush\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-03-16T18:28:08+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-panel-rush-mb2864\/\"},\"wordCount\":497,\"commentCount\":2,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-panel-rush-mb2864\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/solar-power-rush.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"General Solar &amp; 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