Power companies move to block solar.

Originally posted by chris ↑

Qld electricity providers trying to block solar from grid, lobby group says

By Eric Tlozek
Updated 5 hours 3 minutes ago
Photo: Doone Wyborn has solar panels at his property at Bindarrabi in northern NSW. (ABC News: Nic MacBean)
Map: QLD
Australia's peak solar power body fears Queensland's electricity companies are trying to put people off installing new solar systems.
The Australian Solar Council has criticised moves by Ergon and Energex to encourage new customers to install smaller solar systems that do not feed electricity back into the power grid.
Ergon and Energex said the changes, which included new rules about installing systems that feed in power, would help them manage the detrimental impact of solar on their power networks.
"These new rules will help avoid many of the costs associated with upgrading Ergon's network to cope with increasing numbers of these systems - costs that are ultimately borne by all electricity customers," Ergon chief executive Ian McLeod said.
"In some cases, customers have their applications to install PV (photovoltaic) systems on constrained sections of the network downsized, unless they are prepared to pay for an upgrade to the network.
"The new standards potentially give them another option of installing a PV system of their preferred size that does not export power back into the grid."

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-07-...-to-block-solar-from-grid-groups-says/5579874

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No, that's fine. No problems with that, I understand that there are problems associated with back-feeding into the grid beyond the local transformer.

When I say that's fine, I mean, that's fine so long as I am allowed to export power directly to my neighbours, in a local grid. It's not? Why not? In fact, I understand from my solar supplier, I am not allowed to have a stand alone (i.e. not connected to the grid) solar system on my house. Well, I am not going to tell them what they can do with that idea. No point in drawing attention to my sta . err, 'nuff said.