{"id":88438,"date":"2024-12-13T03:48:11","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T18:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=88438"},"modified":"2024-12-13T03:48:11","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T18:18:11","slug":"vic-solar-backstop-issues-mb3072","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/vic-solar-backstop-issues-mb3072\/","title":{"rendered":"Victorian Emergency Backstop: Solar Installer Backlash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88439\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/vic-backstop-protest.jpg\" alt=\"Victorian Emergency Backstop Mechanism\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/vic-backstop-protest.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/vic-backstop-protest-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/vic-backstop-protest-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/vic-backstop-protest-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Implementation of Victoria&#8217;s emergency backstop for solar systems has been a dog&#8217;s breakfast according to some irate installers.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In October, Victoria\u2019s Emergency Backstop Mechanism (VEBM) requirement for new\/replacement residential rooftop solar came into effect. It&#8217;s to be used as a tool of last resort to address minimum system load (demand) events coinciding with high solar exports that may threaten electricity network stability. You can read more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/vebm-solar-cost-mb3013\/\">hows and whys of the VEBM here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The state wasn&#8217;t the pioneer of this sort of thing. Victoria had the advantage of just looking across the border to South Australia for how to get it reasonably right from the get-go. But it seems the powers-that-be didn&#8217;t according to frustrated installers &#8211; with their fingers pointed at the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (DEECA) and the state&#8217;s Distributed Networks Service Providers (DNSPs).<\/p>\n<h2>A Testing Situation<\/h2>\n<p>The root issue is backstop testing of new or replacement installations; also a requirement. This can take a DNSP considerable time to execute &#8211; up to 7 days, but there have been reports of up to 60 days. The installer can&#8217;t leave at the end of the day of installation and feel confident the job is done, even though they&#8217;ve ticked all the boxes and jumped through all the hoops. Installers\/retailers cannot close a job off until the testing is complete, which means continuously logging in to the relevant DNSP portal to check.<\/p>\n<p>SQ&#8217;s veteran installer Anthony summarises how this testing works in South Australia:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;In SA, you have the installer turn the system on, initiate the connections between inverter, WiFi, monitoring portal and SAPN server&#8230; (a bit of a production). The installer then pings the system using the SAPN portal to activate it and verifies in real time that it&#8217;s working.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It still needs enough sunshine to activate the inverter, but you know what you&#8217;re up against, and it&#8217;s pretty reliable. The bonus is that if the installer doesn&#8217;t get the system running properly, they can&#8217;t get network permission for more systems until the problems are fixed with the ones already on the books. This stops people from just selling shit and abandoning it.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">In Victoria, where connections are sometimes failing backstop testing for no apparent reason, the<\/span> DNSP portals are reportedly slow and unreliable; with no transparency for the retailer or the installer as to why the failure occurred. Victorian installers may need to revisit sites on multiple occasions, and no-one else is paying for this valuable time &#8211; it&#8217;s basically impossible <span lang=\"EN-US\">for them to incorporate backstop requirements into their quotes and invoices.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Additionally, while there&#8217;s just one DSNP in South Australia (SA Power Networks), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/grid-connection\/vic\/\">there are five DNSPs in Victoria<\/a> &#8211; CitiPower, Powercor, Jemena, AusNet and United Energy. Currently the DNSPs are not aligned in the way they treat the backstop, with differing processes across them.<\/p>\n<p>The situation is such there are <span lang=\"EN-US\">fears the unnecessarily complicated system see many solar operators simply selecting zero export as an option &#8211; and there are apparently multiple reports of this already occurring. Victoria&#8217;s solar feed-in tariffs are less than stellar, but they are better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick and play a role in accelerating system payback.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">These issues are just scratching the surface of the shemozzle Victoria&#8217;s Emergency Backstop testing reportedly is.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span lang=\"EN-US\">Some VIC Installers Are As Mad As Hell<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">.. and it looks like they aren&#8217;t going to take it any more &#8211; they are getting organised. Matt Wilson from Central Spark Victoria <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo?fbid=2047111315734262&amp;set=a.250874765357935\">posted<\/a> the following a couple of days ago:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span lang=\"EN-US\">&#8220;Its time to get this sorted. Industry has had enough of being kicked around and absorbing the failings of the Victorian Backstop mechanism. Its time to get vocal; Get on your socials, call your local member, get on the radio, just make sure you are loud about it. The buck shouldn&#8217;t stop with us!&#8221;<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\"> Emergency backstop initiatives have been contentious enough due to the amount of misinformation out there. 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