(From Erik Zimmerman) In other good news today I’m pleased to announce that we will be proceeding with a trial for smart meters. A consortium of partners including the electricity retailer Red Energy, Beyond Building and Centurion are involved. This will allow our consumers to get access to the next generation of meters (smart meters offer the best outcome for the feed in tariffs not to mention a time saving to switch on your solar system of 6 weeks! It’s also a great way of gathering data on the output of your system). More on this one shortly..
No word yet on the certification however there is plenty of activity behind the scenes to push it through.
In other news:
- We have a meeting On Thursday the 3rd of April to brief in Alinta (the grid owner in bayside Melbourne and McKinnon) and next week on April 10 Powercor (Ballarat grid). The aim will be to generate speed of implementation and make up for some lost time.
- We will be launching the Belgrave solar neighbourhood on April 16. This neighbourhood will include 2 schools and a library!