All things Solar (merged threads)

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Originally Posted by poppa smurf

sorry mate but as "the consumer" we are always the end tax payer........usually above the rate charged as is the case with power as of now

as I stated previously the original price of carbon was set at $30 per tonne and the power price went up immediately to reflect that, in my case a substantial increase

the government has now decided to go with "world parity'.....currently set at $10 per tonne but I have had no contact from my supplier as to when the new price will fall to reflect this new price

if this is not gouging then I don't know what is

a lot of the the top 200 polluters in the country have received an "amnesty" and some have successfully applied for a license to pollute without retribution or payment

big business have refused a buyout offer on playford at Port Augusta (not enough money offered) so generator No 2 will sit idle over summer until a decision has been reached

Joy Baluch told me that she and most of the City want a thermal solar plant put in place, the company that owns the generating plant are "thinking about it"

You have your numbers all wrong poppa. The carbon price is $23 a tonne now and will go up slightly each year. In 2015 this set carbon price reverts to a emission trading scheme which used to have a floor price but now will be linked to the EU ets price and no minnimum price. So no lower prices till july 2015 at the earliest or the guvment loses the next election.