Australian households to get free electricity three hours a day
www.abc.net.au
Saying there is enough solar power for everyone in the daytime, the federal government will direct retailers to provide three hours of free power every day to consumers.
  • Nath@aussie.zoneMEnglish
    10·
    5 days ago

    This doesn’t sound like much, but with very minimal effort, it could save over 10% on your power bill.

    Do the washing.
    Cook a meal.
    Run the dishwasher.
    Fill a thermos.
    Crank the aircon to cool/heat the house.

    If your power bill is $400/month, that’s $40 for doing stuff you were already going to do - just in that 3 hour window each day.

    • FreedomAdvocateEnglish
      1·
      3 days ago

      If you already do these during the day while your solar is generating enough power to do that, you’re not really saving anything though?

      It will also depend on the extra fees that you have to pay on these plans, and the no doubt higher electricity charge outside of these hours.

      • Nath@aussie.zoneMEnglish
        2·
        3 days ago

        It may seem like everyone has solar panels, but alas we don’t. For two-thirds of us, this would not be free anyway.

        • FreedomAdvocateEnglish
          1·
          1 day ago

          And if you don’t, you’ll be paying more outside of these 3 hours to make up for the “free” 3 hours.