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I knew my comments would stir a s##### fight but the figures just can't be disputed. With the market cost of electricity at between 25 and 35 cents a KW/h and the buy back tarrif at 8 cents it is almost impossible to justify solar if you do not use the energy you produce. Even then, if you have insufficient solar to power your fridge, washing machine and whatever else you will need to run to use it the cost will just rise by another step.
At no point did I say anyone was stealing off another but the fact is that the higher tarriffs must be paid for by someone. You guessed it. The rest of us.
Even the 8 cent tariff is no longer guaranteed for any reasonable period.
As for the high costs originally charged for installations that was just price gouging by greedy installers and not a true representation of the actual costs. The cost a few years back for installation was not 7 or 8 times what it costs today while the buy back tariff was 7 0r 8 times what it is today.
When storage systems become a viable alternative to selling excess power to the grid I will again look at the alternatives.
Last edited by Hagar; 30-10-2015 at 07:45 PM.
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