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"Did you notice the headlines when Australia’s energy regulators gave notice of
new protocols that would allow rooftop solar systems to be switched off – maybe
once a year in an emergency to ensure that the lights stay on?
Imagine, then, the potential response to news that rooftop solar system might
have to be switched off, or curtailed, on an almost daily basis – just to
accommodate the 14 gigawatts of nuclear power that the Coalition says it
intends to jam into the Australian grid should it be returned to government.
That is the reality from Peter Dutton’s focus on large centralised, baseload
power systems, which, to be successful, must put a stop of the switch towards
distributed and flexible consumer energy resources, much of it owned and
operated by households and small businesses.
The Dutton nuclear plan has already shocked many with its cavalier disregard
for climate science, grid engineering, energy reliability, and the costs to the
country and consumers.
It says it is unable to say if or when its power plan might deliver a reduction
in energy prices, but the biggest shock of all might be what it means for
households, and the consumer energy resources (CER) that they might want to own
– rooftop PV, home batteries and electric vehicles.
Basically, it assumes that the growth of CER and the electrification of home
heating, cooling and other gas use is stopped.
The dominance of the grid is retained, initially by the big utilities who have
so comprehensively screwed consumers in recent years, and then by big
government, who will have to be the owners of the nuclear plants because no
private investor will risk its money on the technology.
Some in the industry are describing this as an effective declaration of war
against household solar and consumer resources on behalf of the fossil fuel
industry and nuclear ideologues – a triumph of big government over the rights
and opportunities of individual households and businesses."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
