Media Releases
Victoria’s solar homeowners rorted: unfair charges from networks
June 01, 2015
Solar Citizens calls on the Australian Energy Regulator to urgently investigate media reports that Victoria power networks, Citipower and Powercor have slapped an unnecessary up to $300 charge on Victoria solar homeowners. Solar Citizens...
Read More ShareQueensland Competition Authority attacks solar households
May 29, 2015
Solar Citizens has today condemned the Queensland Competition Authority’s recommendation to slash the price of the feed in tariff for regional Queensland's solar homeowners. Solar voters helped deliver a shock double-digit swing away from...
Read More ShareSolar homeowners unfairly targeted by SA power Networks
May 27, 2015
Solar Citizens has today slammed SA Power Networks for unfairly targeting solar homeowners by applying to the Australian Energy Regulator (AER) and asking them to introduce new taxes on solar homeowners. “These reports are...
Read More ShareSOLAR TRUMPS THEM ALL: NEW POLL FINDS OVERWHELMING SUPPORT
May 26, 2015
Almost three-quarters of Australians think our nation should put more emphasis on producing domestic energy from solar power, according to an Essential Poll released today. The new poll found that 71% of people think...
Read More ShareHAS SOLAR POWER BECOME TOO POPULAR IN AUSTRALIA?
May 25, 2015
The community’s overwhelming love of solar power has once again been confirmed with the release today of results from an Ipsos survey, commissioned by the federal Australian Renewable Energy Agency, according to Solar Citizens....
Read More ShareNETWORK CHARGES RESPONSIBLE FOR SOARING POWER BILLS
May 25, 2015
The practice of ‘gold plating’ of poles and wires makes up at least 50 per cent of the cost of most Australian’s electricity bills and have been by far the biggest cause of rising...
Read More Share7.7 million renewable energy jobs boom worldwide: Australia falls behind
May 20, 2015
Solar Citizens welcomes a new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) that shows there are now more than 7.7 million people employed by the renewable energy industry, worldwide. “In the past year...
Read More ShareSOLAR AND RENEWABLE JOBS, INVESTMENT: AUSTRALIA DESERVES BETTER
May 18, 2015
The decision announced today to slash the Renewable Energy Target will compromise Australia taking its proper place at the leading edge of the global boom in solar and renewable energy, according to Solar Citizens....
Read More ShareVictoria leads on the way forward for solar and renewables
May 14, 2015
Solar Citizens welcomes the news that Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has committed to reintroducing a Victorian Renewable Energy Target (VRET). “After the Federal Government took a wrecking ball to the Federal Target late last...
Read More ShareHARM TO RENEWABLE JOBS, INVESTMENT CONTINUES
May 12, 2015
Solar Citizens today welcomed Labor Cabinet’s rejection of the Abbott Government’s latest attempt to cut the Renewable Energy Target (RET), which keeps a 2-yearly mandated review. National Director Claire O’Rourke said the inclusion of...
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