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Household electrification is surest way to reduce energy costs - new report
December 04, 2025
Solar Citizens welcomes the finding in the latest Residential Electricity Price Trends report that speeding up the rollout of renewable energy, including rooftop solar, battery storage and home electrification, will reduce electricity prices.
Read More ShareAustralian and Pacific leadership at COP31 to be held in Turkiye
November 20, 2025
Solar Citizens today welcomed the breakthrough agreement between Australia and Türkiye on hosting arrangements for COP31 next year, the world’s most important climate summit, as an outcome that protects global climate cooperation and strengthens...
Read More ShareRenewables are the pathway to cheaper energy
November 14, 2025
Solar Citizens is extremely concerned that the Liberal Party has decided to follow the National Party and walk away from a commitment to Net Zero by 2050; and calls out their misleading messaging about...
Read More ShareCOP30: Australia urged to double rooftop solar by 2035
November 14, 2025
Belém, Brazil — Thursday 13 November 2025 At the UN Climate Conference (COP30) in Belém, Solar Citizens today launched the Rooftop Solar Pledge, calling on the Australian Federal Government to double rooftop solar capacity...
Read More ShareSolar Sharer smart start - now we need Solar for Renters
November 04, 2025
Solar Citizens welcomes the Albanese Government’s new Solar Sharer initiative as a great start to making clean energy more equitable — helping renters and apartment residents access the cost of living benefits of rooftop...
Read More ShareQld Energy Plan a roadmap to costly, polluting, unreliable future
October 10, 2025
Queensland Energy Minister and Treasurer David Janetzki has seriously let down Queenslanders and betrayed the state’s reputation as a global leader in rooftop solar, with an Energy Roadmap that won’t take Queenslanders to a...
Read More ShareNew climate target needs fair, fast solutions to deliver for people
September 19, 2025
Australia’s updated 2035 climate target of 62-70% represents another step forward on paper but Solar Citizens says that the real challenge now is implementation. “Targets don’t cut carbon – action does,” said Heidi Lee...
Read More ShareElectricity Market Review must prioritise consumers
September 17, 2025
In the plan for how renewable energy will replace outdated and failing coal-fired power plants, Solar Citizens urges the National Electricity Market (NEM) Review Panel [1] to ensure that households and small businesses will...
Read More ShareSolar + storage and efficiency is key to climate safety - stop burning coal
September 16, 2025
Replacing burning fossil fuels for electricity, and building more energy efficient homes and retrofitting existing homes, are both crucial to helping Australians reduce future climate change and adapt to growing climate change impacts, says...
Read More ShareNational Construction Code freeze would be a backward step for productivity
August 20, 2025
As the government’s Economic Reform Roundtable continues today with Housing Productivity high on the agenda, Solar Citizens warns against freezing the next installment of the National Construction Code (NCC). It would risk locking out...
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