Some analysis of electricity usage (and solar production) at home
The long weekend provided an opportunity to review 10 years of electricity bills at home to look at net usage patterns and net solar injections from our home...
Personal experiences with Distributed Energy Resources
How my power company is misleading me with every bill I get, and what this means for other consumers
After reviewing a monthly electricity bill for 2021, Murray Hogarth of Wattwatchers discusses issues arising from 'smart meters' and how a lack of accurate data for electricity consumption...
What’s it like being on a real-time electricity pricing plan? Observations from my poorly insulated townhouse
Guest author and Economist at Monash University, Gordon Leslie, shares his personal experiences since switching to a real-time retail electricity plan.
Analysis of my home battery + solar system’s first year performance
Guest author, Andrew Wilson, reviews the performance of his home solar + battery system at the one year mark after installation.
What’s the impact of rooftop solar PV on local distribution network voltage–and its significance?
Replacement of yet another blown LED at home on the weekend prompted me to dive into some historical voltage readings (made accessible through our Solar Analytics subscription). I...
Some initial musings about my own Rooftop Solar Learning Exercise
There's already been a large uptake of distributed energy generation data, and there promises to be much more to come in this energy transition. With this comes some...
A personal experience of spot-price paid solar injections
The recent demise of start-up retailer, Urth Energy (suspended from the market by the AEMO on 1st February) was an unfortunate development on this path of the energy...
Full Disclosure 3 – a beneficiary of QLD’s 44c solar Feed-in-Tariff
Paul McArdle is one of approximately 400,000 beneficiaries of the Queensland Government's 44c feed-in-tariff.