WM Trevor maths is my best subject common use no deeper.
My figures are well researched and thought out.
They are true too.
And so blindingly wrong!
Spindoc Gday, you are not in NSW are you?
I too get a far lessor price for my off peak hot water, we all do.
But lets look, my figures come after my grilling of an old mate.
He stepped out of electrical goods retail not many years ago.
Now I goggled and found better offers, only how ever on the costs of supply and fit.
Went with the local, one of yours hands out HTV other side of the path to me most times.
Bloke current price to me is 34 cents, said to go to 40cents today ,1st of new year.
I use 15.37 units on average a day.
My daylight use is about 4 units average.
Will produce 8 to 10 every day.
But in this state at least, all unused daylight power I make, is sold back, no other choice, to them to resell.
Leaving me the first customers, buying my night time usage at the full price.
Google house hold solar power NSW, FRIGHTENING STUFF.
Lo0ok no expert in maths just quick at arithmetic
Lets look over the 90 days a standard bill is.
I will produce based on other working models not less than 900 units.
In that time my use is likely to be 360 units I pay nothing for.
But yes 540 units sold back to the grid at 6 cents.
It if nothing else questions those getting 60 cents.
I see noway I am other than a victim any profits go away from me not toward me.
I never wanted to profit and my installation at that size can not stop me getting a bill.
But current NSW policy,s dampens solar power installations.

I still don’t get it Belly. There is just too much discrepancy between the going rate you get paid for your output and what others get paid.

It may be a NSW State thing, but could you clarify if you paid the capital costs for the installation or did you get it partially financed though your energy supplier? This may account for the difference.

Some generators install for free then charge you some of what you generate to payback the installation costs.

Also, what do you mean when you say “said to go to 40cents today,1st of new year”. The rate you get paid should be contractual, not maybe and should be guaranteed until 2028.

Belly, I would suggest the following.

Purchase some very good batteries (the ones designed for solar stand alone systems) and an inverter, along with a very good battery charger.

Now what you do is use your solar power @6c to run your charger, that charges your batteries during the day.

Net result, you domt get paid your 6 cents.

However, come night time, you switch to your battery bank, which along with your inverter, converts your cheap power to 240v, that then runs your house at night, thus illuminating, or at least drastically reducing your 40c per unit consumption, which in essense means you are in real terms buying your night power for 6c per unit, as opposed to 40c.

Of cause this will come down to a cost analysis, but well worth a try I would think.

I'm in QLD and have just had solar put on two places, I get paid 44 c per KW for every KW I sell back to the grid.

There is speculation that this scheme is about to be dumped.

My brother in law, an engineer, has just moved into a property near Wyong, after living in the upper Colo area for years.

He drives an extra 25Km to work but reckons it would be worth driving 100Km each way to get away from the solar power system he had to live with as he was off the grid in Colo.

He wouldn't wish a solar power system on his worst enemy he reckons, just what I found with alternate generation on the yacht. A small petrol generator for battery charging used a bit of fuel, but was so much easier to live with.

Rechtub I already have a battery back up system, not in any way linked to the grid.
As a ham radio operator I am one of a group who have that.
We mostly run just enough to black out proof us.
And to run lighting and radios, TV can be run too.
Lets get back to the question asked of me.
NSW remember
Average daily use over 90 days 15.37 units.
Price NSW 34 cents but to be 40 per unit.
I get free power for use in daylight, as the meter runs in that time.
Extra power I generate [can not make use of in daylight] gos back to grid at 6 crimson cents per unit! Now sun sets,I produce no power, have sold my extra units I then pay to buy it back!
Now understand some agree it is weird love to know what other states do.
This is not a link, but search NSW gov solar power rebate and see it is true.
PS my predictions of out put come from comparing others with same installation.
Oh yes cost? I buy and pay for all the installation .

i went looking foe a link.
But could not find one supporting my one!
NSW was in 2012, talking of 8 cents not six.
As my system is to go on the roof next week I will put all figures here then.