Comments by "TJ Marx" (@tjmarx) on "Two Bit da Vinci"
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@whoguy4231 This is completely false.
Feed in tariffs are where the energy retailer pays the small time generator for feed in. From Energy Australia
"Feed-in tariffs for renewable energy pay for excess electricity generated by small-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) or wind power systems. The amount paid varies between different retailers and can be compared using the Energy Made Easy website.
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Feed-in credits or payments you receive may have implications if you receive any Centrelink or other benefit payments, they may also be considered as assessable income by the Australian Taxation Office."
And from the AERs draft legislation you are referencing.
"The Australian Energy Regulator (AER) has released draft guidelines for consultation that will govern how distributors should develop and justify two-way export tariff proposals.
The AER is required to make Export Tariff Guidelines under the Australian Energy Market Commission’s recent Access, pricing and incentive arrangements for distributed energy resources rule change. The rule change aims to facilitate small-scale solar into the grid and support the growth of batteries and electric vehicles. It also allows the ability for network energy businesses to propose two-way tariff pricing that may only be implemented following approval from the AER"
They are not proposing a minimum fee to the consumer to have solar or wind connected to the grid, at all. They are seeking to create national guidelines for energy distributors (most of which are owned by states directly) on how they go about crediting and charging small scale generators. The entire point of the draft guidelines (which as guidelines would not be legally binding) would be to incentivise the entrance of small scale generators into the market, such as farms, body corporates and neighbourhood co-ops. That is, it's guidelines on how distributors will pay them for the electricity they generate and how they can be incorporated into the generation model for the distributor.
Again, as guidelines participation is voluntary. Additionally, as it's a federal agency creating the guidelines their application is furthermore subject to states agreeing. Our constitution does not allow for federal regulation of electricity, that's a state issue and every state with the exception of NSW & Victoria is very different to each other.
Edit: So again, the likelihood of Queensland, Tasmania or the NT requiring residential premises with wind or solar generation to allow the distributor to remotely control batteries or feed in is so remote as to be practically zero. The likelihood of states (or even federally, although unenforceable) requiring residential premises to pay a feed to distributors for having solar installed is likewise so remote as to be practically zero.
The bi-partisan national energy plan created just last year calls for decentralization of the energy grid through residential generation, along side more small scale generators such as farms, body corporates and neighbourhood co-ops. The draft guidelines directly reference the national energy plan 2021 continuously throughout.
We are nothing like shitty yankville, and we sure as heck don't have things worse off here. We are objectively the best place to live in the world, at least currently. Labor might change that over the forward estimate.
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@whoguy4231 I don't think you're even understanding what I'm saying to you. I'm not disagreeing with what the draft guidelines say, I disagree with YOUR interpretation because you are objectively wrong..
From the AER explanation document which accompanies the draft guidelines
"On 12 August 2021 the Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) published its final
determination on the Access, pricing and incentive arrangements for distributed energy
resources rule change (the rule change).6 The rule change aims to integrate distributed
energy resources (DER)7
, such as solar panels and batteries, more efficiently onto the
electricity grid. See Box 1 for an explanation of DER.
Previously under the National Electricity Rules (the rules), distribution services involved one-
way flows of electricity imported from the grid for consumption. The AEMC’s rule change
updated the rules to clarify that distribution services can be two-way. That is, they include
both the ‘import’ of energy from the grid for consumption *and ‘export’ of energy, such as
rooftop solar, to the grid."*
Export tariffs are NOT where a consumer pays, it's where a distributor pays. The export tarrifs you're talking about are discussing how distributors will compensate small scale generators
Furthermore and for the last time;
* Guidelines are not enforceable because they have no legislative basis
* The federal government does not control energy regulation, that is constitutionally a state jurisdiction. It makes sense to have federal guidelines for consistency but they're optional and down to states to sign up to.
* These guidelines come as a direct result of the bipartisan national energy policy which set out the direction of energy infrastructure and policy in Australia for the next 50 years. This policy was decided on as a joint initiative of the federal government and the states, and sees an emphasis on decentralization of energy generation. As it has bipartisan support and is agreed between states and the federation, it's exceptionally unlikely the new Labor government will change any of it. Doing so would require new meetings with states whom would be less than impressed and 50% of which are Labor states including Queensland & Tasmania.
* This draft is about getting distributors to agree on how they will compensate small scale generators. That includes detached singular residential premises, but it's real target is farms, body corporates and neighbourhood co-ops where they install solar pv or wind generator systems to such a capacity as to purposefully create a set amount of capacity to export to the grid for profit.
This is my last reply. If you still don't understand after this comment, no one can help you.
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