Switch-on, switch-off clean energy commitment
Friday, October 29th, 2010(letter to the editor, published October 29, SMH)
The sudden axing of the 60¢ gross feed-in tariff at midnight last Wednesday was another low point in the sorry saga of energy policy in Australia these days.
We should all feel sorry for the solar installers trying to establish their business with these ‘hot and cold’ government decisions.
Who is doing the research behind government policy? Every time either the Federal or State government introduces a scheme that encourages people to move to solar, they seem unprepared for the enthusiastic community support. (more…)