Now that the generous 60 or 20 cents GROSS feed-in tariffs have ended, it becomes crucial to maximize the value of your PV Solar system.
First, I suggest you go and shop for the highest NET F.I.T. around. 16 cents per kWh exported seems to be the benchmark (as offered by ENOVA Energy).
Secondly, maximise your solar hours energy use. Do your washing during these hours, use your aircon while the sun is shining to cool down your house for the evening hours, run your pool pump at peak solar hours, maybe even change your hot water system to using solar power during the day for heating up your water.
The options are almost limitless. Confused: Enova Energy coaches can help you (Yes – it’s free for you) to get to the bottom of things – book your free Energy Coach Assessment. The guys are awesome (we trained them!) in helping you save may hundreds of dollars off your power bills.
The main thing is, even with a 16 cent NET F.I.T. you save more by AVOIDING 32 or 36 cents for the power you have to buy.
Tools like the EFERGY ENGAGE (we are not getting paid by Efergy – there are other tools as well – just google ‘home energy monitors’) platform can help you maximising your use of solar power. All you need is having a Wifi router and a meter box in range of the router. Check out the website: it works (I can tell, I’m using it myself). For under $200 an excellent tool that can save you multiples of that.