{"id":8538,"date":"2016-11-29T11:24:02","date_gmt":"2016-11-29T01:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=8538"},"modified":"2017-09-20T11:17:10","modified_gmt":"2017-09-20T00:47:10","slug":"solar-rebate-ending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-rebate-ending\/","title":{"rendered":"Solar Rebate Ending?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8586\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/dont-panic.jpg\" alt=\"dont-panic\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/dont-panic.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/dont-panic-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Have you heard the news?\u00a0 The solar rebate is ending!\u00a0 It&#8217;s all over the internet.\u00a0 Or at least all over the parts of the internet that run ads from shonky solar companies.\u00a0 According to them, if you don&#8217;t rush out right now to get rooftop solar installed before the first of January you&#8217;ll end up paying a fortune for it!\u00a0 If you don&#8217;t buy now, the price of a typical 5 kilowatt rooftop solar system will rise by&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;just a second&#8230; let me work it out&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Around $263 which is about a 4% increase.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>If you get a 3 kilowatt system it will come to around an extra $158 which is about a 3% increase.<\/p>\n<p>Hmm&#8230;\u00a0 Looking at those figures, I&#8217;m starting to think that maybe there isn&#8217;t a need to run out and buy solar in some kind of mad rush before the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p>Now that I think about it, I&#8217;m actually pretty sure the dodgy companies\u00a0telling people they need to buy solar now because the solar rebate is ending aren&#8217;t telling the truth.\u00a0 In fact, I&#8217;d go as far as saying they are full of an unpleasant substance that stinks.\u00a0 This substance is not something you want to see in public, to do it in someone&#8217;s face is horrible, and you certainly don&#8217;t want to swallow it.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s called lies.\u00a0 These people are liars.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 636px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-8538-1\" width=\"636\" height=\"387\" poster=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/2016-11-29_12-01-42.png\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/liar.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/liar.mp4\">https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/liar.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>While the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/panels\/rebate\/\">solar rebate<\/a> will be slightly reduced, it is not ending.\u00a0 Those who are trying to get you to believe you have to install now are making a mountain out of a molehill or a melanoma out of a freckle.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t think many of them even intend to install systems before the end of the year.\u00a0 They just want people to sign up now and they&#8217;ll get around to actually doing the installations in a couple of months.\u00a0 They&#8217;ll tell people they have locked in a low rate, but that&#8217;s a load of nonsense.\u00a0 Signing up now and installing next year doesn&#8217;t somehow magically lower the cost.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t recommend dealing with them because they are not people who can be trusted.\u00a0 A person who has no problem lying to your face probably has no problem installing a shoddy system, or charging you too much, or quite possibly both.<\/p>\n<h2>The Solar Rebate Is Ending &#8211; In 14 Years<\/h2>\n<p>While the solar rebate<sup class='endnote'><a href='https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-rebate-ending\/#en-8538-1' id='enref-8538-1' onclick='return hhEndnotes_show(8538)'>1<\/a><\/sup> is ending, it&#8217;s not actually going to finish ending for another 14 years.\u00a0 What we are getting on the first of January is a one fifteenth cut in the renewable energy certificates that reduce the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/panels\/cost\/\">total cost of rooftop solar<\/a> by about one half to two-thirds.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;d like me to do the maths for you, that&#8217;s about 4%.<\/p>\n<p>And if you&#8217;d like the details, I wrote all about it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-panel-rebate-phased-1st-january-2017\/\">here<\/a> six months ago.<\/p>\n<h2>Are High Solar Feed-In Tariffs Ending?<\/h2>\n<p>A couple of high <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/systems\/feed-in-tariffs\/\">solar feed-in tariffs<\/a>, a 60 cent one in NSW and a 25 cent one in Victoria, are ending on December 31st.\u00a0 Some of the dodgy advertising relates to this, but there is nothing that can be done about it.\u00a0 Installing a new solar system before the end of the year won&#8217;t stop a high feed-in tariff from ending.\u00a0 You will be free to expand your solar capacity without losing it, but there is no need to get it done before the end of the year.<\/p>\n<h2>You Are Probably Better Off Waiting<\/h2>\n<p>The 31st of December is only one month and one day away.\u00a0 And unlike the situation that occurred when some high feed-in tariffs were ending, it&#8217;s not enough to just order a system, it actually has to be installed by the end of the year.\u00a0 So there&#8217;s not a lot of time to get it done.<\/p>\n<p>Unless a hell of a lot more people read this article than I expect, there will be plenty of people trying to get systems installed before New Year&#8217;s Day because they&#8217;ve been conned by misleading advertising and think they will have to pay thousands extra if they wait instead of maybe $263 extra.\u00a0 But they may not end up saving anything.<\/p>\n<p>If people are making installers work overtime, on weekends, and in all sorts of miserable weather, then they are going to get cranky and start charging extra.\u00a0 It&#8217;s the law of supply and demand.\u00a0 If you demand installers supply you with a new system before the end of the year they are going to lay down the law and charge you more money than they would otherwise.\u00a0 As a result, you may not save anything by getting a system installed this month.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not saying dawdle, because every month you spend without rooftop solar is a month you are paying more for electricity than you have to.\u00a0 But I am saying that if you take your time, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/\">get a few quotes<\/a>, decide on a system that will meet your needs, and then have it installed by someone you trust, you stand to gain a lot more than you might lose.<\/p>\n<h2>The Cost Of Solar Will Continue To Fall<\/h2>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/panels\/cost\/\">cost of solar panels<\/a> has fallen <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2016-08-23\/solar-industry-braces-as-looming-glut-threatens-to-erode-prices\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">considerably<\/a> this year and will continue to fall.\u00a0 Some analysts think they could drop by another <a href=\"http:\/\/reneweconomy.com.au\/new-solar-glut-could-push-solar-module-prices-as-low-as-30cwatt-54970\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">10 cents a watt<\/a>.\u00a0 And that&#8217;s not Australian cents but shiny American cents with bald eagles and golden Trump Towers stamped on them.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know if solar panels will fall by that much next year, but I do know it will only take a drop of around 6 Australian cents to eliminate the approximately 4% increase in price that will result from the end of year reduction in the solar rebate.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8577\" style=\"width: 283px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8577\" class=\"wp-image-8577 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Oompa_Loompa_in_chief.jpg\" alt=\"America's new President\" width=\"273\" height=\"243\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-8577\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;My fellow Americans&#8230; The cut to the Solar Rebate will be YUUUGE!!! Install now before it&#8217;s too late! I&#8217;m building a wall around high prices!&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Just to be clear, I&#8217;m not saying wait to install solar.\u00a0 Between currency fluctuations and an Oompa Loompa becoming President of the United States in less than two months, it&#8217;s not possible to be certain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/panels\/cost\/\">solar prices<\/a> will fall.\u00a0 But we can be certain putting solar on your roof will start saving you money immediately.<\/p>\n<p>I am saying you probably aren&#8217;t going to lose anything if you don&#8217;t get it done this year.\u00a0 You can think about what you want now and get it installed early next year and I very much doubt you will be worse off than if you rush to get it done before New Year&#8217;s Day.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you heard the news?\u00a0 The solar rebate is ending!\u00a0 It&#8217;s all over the internet.\u00a0 Or at least all over the parts of the internet that run ads from shonky solar companies.\u00a0 According to them, if you don&#8217;t rush out right now to get rooftop solar installed before the first of January you&#8217;ll end up [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":8586,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[58,33],"class_list":["post-8538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-solar-panels-2","tag-solar-cowboys","tag-solar-rebates","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>Is The Solar Rebate Ending?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Have you heard the news? 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