Your solar panel payments are running out – can you get paid to install a battery?

Your solar panel payments are running out – can you get paid to install a battery?

The sun is shining so brightly on the energy grid that household batteries must become the new frontier of power bill savings.

  • byMike Foley

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‘Two tears in a bucket’:Why voters flocked to Trump,and why some might regret it

‘Two tears in a bucket’:Why voters flocked to Trump,and why some might regret it

Working-class Americans have voted with a mixture of fatalist resignation and up-yours defiance for an economic remedy likely to leave them worse off.

  • byChip Le Grand
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Why October 7 was the busiest day for this crisis service

Record numbers of people in financial distress are calling a suicide prevention helpline as cost of living pressures take a serious toll on mental health.

  • byKate Aubusson
Renewable energy is roaring back,crushing coal to historic lows

Renewable energy is roaring back,crushing coal to historic lows

Stronger winds and heavier rainfall have boosted renewables and pummelled coal to its lowest share of the east coast grid on record for the past two months.

  • byNick Toscano
Bill shock as Sydney residents asked to pay 50 per cent more for water

Bill shock as Sydney residents asked to pay 50 per cent more for water

Sydney Water says it needs money to invest in infrastructure as the city grapples with a quickly growing population.

  • byAnthony Segaert
AusNet wants gas customers to pay $70m extra,to make up for lost customers

AusNet wants gas customers to pay $70m extra,to make up for lost customers

AusNet is already compensated as households shift from gas to electricity,but says it’s not enough.

  • byMadeleine Heffernan
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No mortgage joy for Christmas with RBA holding out on interest rate drop

No mortgage joy for Christmas with RBA holding out on interest rate drop

A smaller-than-expected rise in prices through the September quarter has brought inflation down to 2.8 per cent – but it’s not enough for the Reserve Bank.

  • byShane Wright
‘You couldn’t make this up’:Expert pans Ontario nuclear option

‘You couldn’t make this up’:Expert pans Ontario nuclear option

Peter Dutton has repeatedly embraced the Canadian province as a model for cheaper power prices.

  • byBianca Hall andNick O'Malley
Cheaper power promised under renewable energy bulk-buy schemes

Cheaper power promised under renewable energy bulk-buy schemes

Residents and small business owners would get cheaper power bills under a proposed renewable energy bulk-buying scheme covering at least four inner Melbourne councils.

  • byTom Cowie
Albanese wants to hit us where we live. It’s a do-or-die strategy

Albanese wants to hit us where we live. It’s a do-or-die strategy

The prime minister is banking on his faith that voters will value Labor’s strategies to help them financially.

  • bySean Kelly
Battery,solar schemes coming to zap household bills by up to $1000

Battery,solar schemes coming to zap household bills by up to $1000

The federal election is set to feature duelling household electrification schemes,as households battle the cost-of-living crisis.

  • byMike Foley