Solar Citizens' response to National's leader on rooftop solar and batteries
Heidi Lee Douglas, CEO of Solar Citizens has responded to Nationals leader David Littleproud’s calls, as quoted in the Australian Financial Review (21 Feb), for a moratorium on large-scale renewable energy projects, in favour of household energy subsidies.
“The Australian Energy Market Operator has been clear in their modelling - both household and large-scale renewable energy and storage are required to meet reliability and sustainability targets in the energy grid in coming years. Household storage has been identified as the yawning gap in the Federal government policy to realise the AEMO’s modelling.’
‘Rooftop solar is not in competition with large-scale renewables, the two are complimentary. We urge all decision-makers to put customer energy bills at the heart of renewable energy policy, which means delivering both.
‘The biggest risk to customer energy bills in the Nationals’ fixation on nuclear energy - which is unproven, unavailable in the market and would be delivered at huge risk of cost and time blow-outs. Renewable generation and storage - at large and household scale - provide cheap energy and are largely available off the shelf.
'The energy market, in which households are increasingly important participants, is after certainty and we want our elected officials to get on it.
Solar Citizens CEO Heidi Lee Douglas is available for interview
Media contact: Heidi Douglas 0401 092 570
