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[VladTepes]

aaarrrggghhhhh !!!

Just checking my electricity bills to see why they've gone up and realised I'm not getting the 8cent feed in tariff !

Now the electricity company tells me the gov't got rid of it last July ? News to me.

Anyway looking on the interwebs it seems that many electricity companies now pay the tariff instead of the government. But QENERGY doesn't.

This effectively means I am generating power for THEM for FREE and getting nothing in return, not even lower prices.

Should the company not have advised me / contacted me at the time to advise the changes?

Anyone got any advice or suggestions for the best energy companies (by best I mean "least bad") ?

Thanks.

[Eevo]

This effectively means I am generating power for THEM for FREE and getting nothing in return, not even lower prices.


depends if your feeding into the grid or not.

[VladTepes]

Well as I understand it, all systems do unless they have storage batteries?

[Eevo]

Well as I understand it, all systems do unless they have storage batteries?

no. if your solar is producing 2000watts and your using 3000watts of power, there will be no flow to the grid.

depending on what system you have, if your feeding into the grid, your meter just runs backwards, reducing the bill.

[p38arover]

Are you on a Gross FIT or Nett FIT? I'm on Gross at 60 c/kWh.

[Vern]

Stop bragging Ron:D

[VladTepes]

There's a 2 part response Ron.

1. I have no idea.
2. Yeah GGF !!!! :lol2:

[Reads90]

I am still getting my 55cent pay back

[VladTepes]

I am still getting my 55cent pay back

44 surely? Bastard.

[Reads90]

44 surely? Bastard.


Nah 55cents

[jerryd]

Pretty sure we get the 52 cents + 8 cents from AGL, our system makes approx. $3k per year which helps :) so our bills now are no more than $300 per year.

[Bytemrk]

So many different plans between the various states and the time frames these things were set up...

AGL nicely pay me 68c on everything I export, then I pay for what I import. at night. ( At off peak rates ;) )

I'll be in for a terrible shock when I eventually sell this place and have to start paying for power again. :angel:

Obviously I don't know the rules up there Vlad... but it does sound like you are getting ripped..:mad:

[CraigE]

It all depends when you got in. We got in late so get bugger all. If you had a contract then they would be in breach and you would have a case.
What I think is wrong is we put extra into the grid and get paid 8c. At night we buy it back at normal rates which is garbage. I would rather get credited the power to use at night and is how it should be.

[p38arover]

Stop bragging Ron:D

It used to be 68 cents, AGL took off the 8 cents. I wish I'd bought a 5kW system rather than the 3kW.

[redrovertdi]

i put a 5.5kw system on in November 2014, with click energy i am supposedly getting 8c per kw i feed in, today i generated 32kw, i am yet to receive a bill to know how it is balancing out.

[p38arover]

My latest quarterly bill received this week was $32 credit. We have used the full ducted aircon quite a lot over summer.

My previous bill was $270 credit.

[VladTepes]

click energy eh? Ive never heard of them but I assume they are good?

[Keithy P38]

As mentioned above, if you are using more than you are generating then you won't get credited for solar you make.

If you're signed up for the 8c rebate, your best bet is to use everything you generate. Do the washing and any household electric stuff (vacuuming, etc) during the day. 8c is pathetic but entices people to use their own green energy and not coal/gas power.

For those on the 44.5c rebate, the best bet is to sell everything you generate and use tariff electricity at night (so do the chores once the sun goes down). That way you reap the rewards of your system. I'm in the 44.5c rebate and with a family and 5kW air con in the lounge room I'm yet to see a summer bill over $200 on my 1.5kW system (stay at home mum here too).

This applies to qlders, not sure of the going rates in other states.

Cheers
Keithy

[DiscoMick]

Both our houses are with Origin Energy.
The city house is still on the 40c/kW hour rebate which Campbell was unable to kill off.
The country house which we bought recently we were only able to get 4c for from Origin.
Suggest you ring several power companies and see which one is offering the best deal.

[p38newbie]

aaarrrggghhhhh !!!

Just checking my electricity bills to see why they've gone up and realised I'm not getting the 8cent feed in tariff !

Now the electricity company tells me the gov't got rid of it last July ? News to me.

Anyway looking on the interwebs it seems that many electricity companies now pay the tariff instead of the government. But QENERGY doesn't.

This effectively means I am generating power for THEM for FREE and getting nothing in return, not even lower prices.

Should the company not have advised me / contacted me at the time to advise the changes?

Anyone got any advice or suggestions for the best energy companies (by best I mean "least bad") ?

Thanks.its what I do im a solar installer and service tech for solar if you live in energex area goldcoast bris and sunshine coast to the Toowoomba range then you have completion between electrical retailers quite a few of them I believe origin is offering 15c feed in the ones here with bigger feed in rate are signed up before july 2012 and fitted b4 july 2013 and on a contract unless they sell or change name on electricity account or change inverter to a bigger one so shop around amongst your energy retailer agl origin dodo energex ect get the best price play them against each other oh and as of july 2014 gov. abolished tariff feed in rate and left it to free marked however in the ergon area rest of qld will get feed in currently 6 cents oh and by the way at the end of 2014 government canning stc which will increase solar by 4000 dollars for 5kw if any one want to get in while stc still exist call me MKE 0449092868 I can help

[Vern]

Bloody solar salesmen:D.
$4k rebates for 5kw system? Ours are just over $3k here in Vic. From what I here, down here the feed in stays with the property, so doesn't matter who's name is on the bill. Didn't know that about the inverter upgrade though, I am a little out of the solar loop these days, after 300+ installs, I really can't stand doing it, and dealing with solar people (no offence), they're no different to used car salesman:p (unless its the tradesman, they are the only smart ones)