Evoenergy is shaking up its pricing to push people with solar panels to use electricity-hungry devices like washing machines during the day instead of in the evening when many others are doing the same.
From July 1, the company will introduce a "solar soak charge" in the ACT to make it unattractive to use power-hungry machines during peak demand. Exporting solar power would be more attractive.
In large parts of New South Wales, Ausgrid has introduced a similar scheme. Under it, solar panel owners would be paid more to send the electricity their panels generate to the grid in the evening, between 4pm and 9pm, when demand is high.
