Solar Industry News
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Solar Panel Audit Results
Recently you should have received a letter from Ausgrid or your Energy Supplier regarding recent audits on solar installations in north west Sydney. Solar Panel Audit Press Release Your letter outlines three steps to take if you are concerned about the safety of your...
Solar Summit Stage Two
Stage Two of the solar summit was conducted last week and whilst there was no firm outcome the following is in progress: The creation of a new working group to advise the Government on how it can best meet its election commitment to source 20% of NSW's electricity...
Power price to go up 17.9%
The Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) today released its final report on electricity pricing, revealing an average increase of 17.3 per cent for electricity consumers in NSW (17.9% for Energy Australia) from July 1st 2011. It is important to note...
What is a One for One Net Tariff?
The Solar industry is proposing a one for one net tariff solar scheme as a sustainable long term solution to the current solar crisis. A One for One net tariff will see clean solar power paid at the same rate as we currently pay for coal fired power from the grid....
Barry O’Farrell backs down
Superior Solar have welcomed a decision by the NSW government to not proceed with their proposed changes to the Solar Bonus Scheme. This is great news for the 120,000 households that have made a commitment o generating clean solar energy from their homes. Weeks of...
Save Solar Local Rallys
The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) will be rolling out "Save Solar" rallies across NSW in June to say YES to a fair price for solar going forward and NO to Barry O'Farrell's retrospective legislation. Attend your local "Save Solar" Rally to say NO to...
NO compromise on retrospective law changes
We believe that compromise on this important and unprecedented issue is wrong and will undermine the entire solar industry and destroy consumer and investor confidence in both the NSW government and Solar Industry. Our position is clear, remain vocal with a unified...
Your letters
Thank you to everyone that has copied us in on the letters you have sent to the all the members of parliament. We concur with your feelings and sentiment and will stay on top of the situation with regular news feeds to all. You can review our correspondence here...
Keep the pressure up!
Barry O'Farrell is under pressure! A Liberal MP (Catherine Cusack) has broken ranks with the New South Wales Government, by describing its decision to slash a solar rebate scheme as unprecedented and repugnant. Solar Spray from NSW Liberal MP (ABC News) The Clean...