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mattkerle•

uff, I'm not a big solar advocate, but that's a bit stiff. I'm sure there's something else we're missing here...

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technologyisnatural•

For one, it is for customers using over 100 MWh per year and also drawing over 400 kW for extended periods of time. Peak draws under 120 kW and 30 kW are priced much lower. And

You can choose to have between 2.5% and 100% of your electricity comprised of [so-called] Clean Energy.

So any pain is self inflicted and easily avoidable.

https://www.ergon.com.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/140840/Welcome-to-Ergon-Energy-Retail_business.pdf

It is a result of the simple fact that PV does not provide on demand power. If you want 100% high draw PV, you're going to have to pay for it.

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reallybloodylongname•

For one, it is for customers using over 100 MWh per year and also drawing over 400 kW for extended periods of time. Peak draws under 120 kW and 30 kW are priced much lower. And

Yes, that would be the point of the article,they are upping the daily charge by about 10x for large customers.

You can choose to have between 2.5% and 100% of your electricity comprised of [so-called] Clean Energy. So any pain is self inflicted and easily avoidable.

This has absolutely nothing to do with the charge. Clean energy, Green energy, whatever the brand name is this week, is a donation to energy retailers to help them pay for the federally mandated Renewable Energy Target. Unless more than 40% of customers (by use) choose 100% "clean energy" the only thing this does is increase the profit margins of the retailer.

It is NOT avoidable. (short of reducing your consumption, to a lower band)

https://www.ergon.com.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/140840/Welcome-to-Ergon-Energy-Retail_business.pdf

It is a result of the simple fact that PV does not provide on demand power. If you want 100% high draw PV, you're going to have to pay for it.

What the hell are you on? seriously, get help.

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technologyisnatural•

You can choose to have between 2.5% and 100% of your electricity comprised of [so-called] Clean Energy.

This has absolutely nothing to do with the charge.

It has everything to do with the charge, since you can avoid a 400 kW peak draw if you so desire.

It is a result of the simple fact that PV does not provide on demand power. If you want 100% high draw PV, you're going to have to pay for it.

What the hell are you on? seriously, get help.

In the world I live in, solar PV doesn't generate power at night or on cloudy days. In my world, solar PV generation peaks for a couple of hours around noon and drops precipitously to zero at dawn and dusk. In that world, guaranteeing availability of high peak power draws is stupidly expensive.

What world do you live in? How has your world solved the problem of guaranteeing availability of high peak power draws with an intermittent energy supply?

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bouchard•

"This isn't a move to kill solar because you could just opt to not use solar."

Bloody idiot.

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