Posted by THOSE with solar panels are being forced to pay an extra $300 to get a new meter installed in their home.
This is to access the state’s new solar feed in tariff.
There are thousands of Victorians and Australians around the country that have solar panels installed.
From July, power companies must pay people the full rate of 60 cents per kilowatt hour to comply with the solar tariff legislation, the Government said.
Energy Australia, the largest distributor in NSW, said it would provide the new meters free but people would not start receiving their solar tariff money until they are installed at the customer’s expense.
”You need the gross meter to be paid under the gross system,” a spokesman, Anthony O’Brien told The Age.
”However, we don’t anticipate that anyone will be in that scenario as long as they take the right steps to talk to a licensed electrician and have the meter installed.”
“We will have meters that have been configured for the gross payment in stock from mid- to late February,” Mr O’Brien said. “As soon as customers have those meters installed we will be able to pay them 60 cents gross from that date. We’ve been working hard to whittle the transitional time down to enable the customer to get the maximum benefit.”
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