The government’s promise to slash the cost of household batteries should be welcomed – it could drive a change that benefits everyone who uses the power grid
No way in hell they would ever make it mandatory for rentals. They’ve barely made smoke detectors mandatory for rentals.
Removing negative gearing won’t help. It will make rentals more expensive.
A battery is not like a smoke detector. Batteries can kill when abused and renters have no skin in the game if the house burns down. So for that reason I wouldn’t install one unless I actually lived in the house and could spend some time daily for monitoring and maintenance. That’s the same reason I didn’t install one at my mom’s house. But there I did install solar, which requires intermittent maintenance that can be easily done.
New solar, by itself, is not very valuable because the grid has a surplus of power when the sun is shining. The feed in tariff is near zero. It can offset some of your own usage but most people are out in the middle of the day.
Entirely incorrect. Not only can the state store energy in reservoirs during the day to produce hydro at night, there are battery banks like that one in LA that went into flames. But most importantly, they use an app to throttle solar into the grid to reduce fuel use. I mean, that’s the whole point! If you make enough solar, they can stop running some random power plant somewhere. Some power plant’s cannot easily be turned off or throttled down. That’s a them problem.
Do you have any links to an Australian government storing excess energy in hydro during the day? I don’t think that’s something available in any part of Australia currently.
Why do you assume renters want to stop renting? Mostly renters just want better renting conditions. I support many changes to rental laws. But I don’t think skipping all the low hanging fruit and enforcing solar and batteries is realistic.
Insulation should be a must. Repairs should be done in a timely fashion.
No way in hell they would ever make it mandatory for rentals. They’ve barely made smoke detectors mandatory for rentals. Removing negative gearing won’t help. It will make rentals more expensive.
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A battery is not like a smoke detector. Batteries can kill when abused and renters have no skin in the game if the house burns down. So for that reason I wouldn’t install one unless I actually lived in the house and could spend some time daily for monitoring and maintenance. That’s the same reason I didn’t install one at my mom’s house. But there I did install solar, which requires intermittent maintenance that can be easily done.
You don’t want a dead renter or a dead battery.
New solar, by itself, is not very valuable because the grid has a surplus of power when the sun is shining. The feed in tariff is near zero. It can offset some of your own usage but most people are out in the middle of the day.
Entirely incorrect. Not only can the state store energy in reservoirs during the day to produce hydro at night, there are battery banks like that one in LA that went into flames. But most importantly, they use an app to throttle solar into the grid to reduce fuel use. I mean, that’s the whole point! If you make enough solar, they can stop running some random power plant somewhere. Some power plant’s cannot easily be turned off or throttled down. That’s a them problem.
Do you have any links to an Australian government storing excess energy in hydro during the day? I don’t think that’s something available in any part of Australia currently.
In the land down yonder they have embraced battery storage:
https://www.power-technology.com/data-insights/top-five-energy-storage-projects-in-australia/
For hydro you need mountains, dams, and water.
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Why do you assume renters want to stop renting? Mostly renters just want better renting conditions. I support many changes to rental laws. But I don’t think skipping all the low hanging fruit and enforcing solar and batteries is realistic.
Insulation should be a must. Repairs should be done in a timely fashion.
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If I want cheap rent, the solution is to buy?? Ok boomer
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