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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Jordyn Beazley

Consumer groups criticise energy companies charging solar panel owners for exporting power

Suburban rooftops with solar panels
In NSW about 12% of homes with solar panels have a battery. Photograph: ImagePatch/Getty Images

A new tariff that will charge solar panel owners for exporting their energy during the middle of the day could discourage solar uptake, consumer groups say.

Ausgrid, which has about 280,000 customers in New South Wales with rooftop solar panels, has introduced a two-way tariff system to incentivise solar panel owners to export their power into the grid in the evening, when it is most needed.

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