The following is extracted from the NSW Trade & Investment's Solar Bonus Scheme web page.
Primarily for the purpose of adding clarity to questions from the Australian householder, regarding the available options, when it comes to new solar pv installations or modifications to existing.
I am a 60 cent Solar Bonus Scheme customer. I wish to expand the generating capacity of my solar system. What are my options?
NSW Solar Bonus Scheme customers receiving the 60 cents per kilowatt hour tariff who increase their Scheme generator’s capacity will move to the 20 cents per kilowatt hour tariff unless the components (for the expansion) were purchased on or before 27 October 2010.
The customer will remain eligible for the 20 cent tariff provided the system does not exceed 10 kilowatts (kW) of generation capacity.
Alternatively, Solar Bonus Scheme customers who receive the 60 cents per kilowatt hour tariff may expand their overall generating capacity and retain the 60 cents tariff for their Scheme generator if the additional capacity is from a separately metered non-Scheme generator. No Scheme payments are available for the non-Scheme generator. Customers should check what feed-in tariffs are available and confirm with their preferred retailer whether they will pay a non-Scheme tariff in addition to the Scheme tariff.
Customers are obliged to notify their distribution network service provider (DNSP) of any change to their generator that would affect their receipt of Scheme payments. Fines and penalties of up to $110,000 may apply for failure to notify.
The connection must be made in accordance with directions provided by the DNSP. The Scheme generator will need to be gross metered and the non-Scheme generator will need to be net metered.
Customers should consider how the expansion of their solar PV system will affect Scheme tariff payments and other benefits before deciding to expand the generating capacity of their solar PV system.
Your DNSP may not yet have the capacity to process an application to connect for this type of separately metered connection. Customers are advised to check with their DNSP before committing to purchase additional generation capacity.
To read the full report visit the website of NSW Trade & Investment.
Solar World is a major Sydney Solar PV Solution provider for many homes and business.
Contact the Solar World team on 02 9746 9995 / 0488 201 797
Now here is an interesting solar myth for you, you may have heard.
“Australia's Green schemes are just helping the rich to buy solar, which is then subsidised by the poor.”
At Solar World we know this myth is surely busted! Why? Well here we are servicing the Western suburbs of Sydney, installing solar pv on a day to day basis and we would have to say, we find it's those householders more concerned about rising electricity costs, who are acting today to save tomorrow. And these householders who are acting now and have been so for a long time, are often from the lower to fixed income households. As far as we are concerned the areas of Sydney that have more money, have less solar! You only have to go for a drive around these different suburbs, to see the difference.
The Clean Energy Council of Australia has just released similar facts, in their recently released CEC Solar Myth & Fact Report.
They too report the suburbs with the highest percentage of solar installations, are overwhelmingly low to middle income suburbs and areas with a high proportion of retirees. All of these households being collectively concerned about Australia's rising electricity prices.
This is a great Myth Busting exercise from the CEC, as there are many myths existing about solar power. Such as to what it can do, what it costs, whether governments should support households and businesses in changing to solar.
Read the full facts here in the CEC Solar Myth & Fact Report. This fact sheet helps set the record straight and informs us of the types of homes installing Solar PV in Australia.
Guess where in Australia the most solar is installed? Read the full report, you will be suprised.
Solar World is a major Sydney Solar PV Solution provider for many homes and business.
Contact the Solar World team on 02 9746 9995 / 0488 201 797
What Can Solar PV Save You?
There is a large misconception out there by many Aussie householders, that the only way to save is via the 6 to 8 cent rebate.
Currently in NSW you can save off rising electricity costs by:
- Generating your own power and using it during the sunny hours of the day, in real-time. This reduces your electricity bill by the amount you would have normally purchased for the same period. For example a 2kW system will have produced around 8kW [Annual daily average]. This is worth $2.40 per day if you are on a 30 cent tariff. This equates to $840 per year or $210 off the quarterly electricity bill
- Sending excess power not used during the daytime, back into the grid. Where you get a rebate of 6 or 8 cents per kW. Technically reducing a 30 cent tariff to 22 cents.
If this was the case, why is solar being installed in almost every street in Australia? The simple answer is, that it is only the 'solar savvy' who save off the electricity bill.
It may be the media that has led you astray. At Solar World we are here to help you save off the electricity bill. Now you know the real answer and are solar savvy, why not think about installing solar pv to get started on saving off your electricity bill.
By directly offsetting electricity costs, you save more as the cost of the electricity rises! Now that surely has to be a great idea and a never increasing financial help line!
Solar World is a major Sydney Solar PV Solution provider for many homes and business.
Contact the Solar World team on 02 9746 9995 / 0488 201 797
SOLAR WORLD is known by many Sydneysiders, as a top class professional Sydney based, Solar Power Solutions provider.
Helping thousands of home and small business owners, in their battle with power bill savings.
We proudly stand behind our continued and ever changing use of reputable, proven, reliable and high quality solar generation components, ensuring our client's investment is 100% of the time sound and very profitable.
We make it our goal 100% of time, to offer you a Solar PV Solution that is always affordable and importantly going to kick start your home or small businesses electricity reduction program into progress.
After all, it is not going to be to long, before we see another handout of unwanted electricity rises!
We take your idea of installing solar pv, as the number one electricity reduction solution and make it a reality! A reality where you will find you are joining an ever growing select group of householders and small business owners in Sydney.
People like you who:
- ACTED and decided enough was enough, with the never ending rising electricity costs.
- ARE VERY HAPPY with their electricity savings as they continually offset rising electricity costs.
If you have suffered with rising electricity costs, for to long contact us today. Let Solar World help you to realise you can do more, to cut existing and future household and business electricity costs.
We have installed hundreds of Solar PV Solutions all over Sydney. Our Solar PV Solutions are already reducing electricity bills in most Sydney suburbs.
Solar World is a major Sydney Solar PV Solution provider for many homes and business.
Contact the Solar World team on 1300 131 989
