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Thanks for your info. I'm currently on a fixed Red Energy tariff . Theydefaulted me initially on to a 90 days billing cycle , so I quickly changedit to monthly.Why ?Well, because of the demand charges.My consumption is very "lumpy". Our AC is the biggest consumer. Some weeksit's used, other weeks it's not at all.If we had a 90 day billing cycle , it means if I had one single heavy usageday ( say we had AC and the oven on), we would be penalised for 90 days ofdemand charges.Whereas for monthly bi ...

Your explanation sounds simple but it doesnt help.What has the 30 minutes got to do with finding the instantaneous peak ? Is it averaged over 30 mins ? Or do you find the median peak ? If the peak at say 8kw lasts 60 seconds , is it different to 8 kw lasting 5 mins ? Please explain with examples ? Over what time period is the instantaneous peak measured ? per second , per millisecond? If in a 30 minutes segment I use 8kw constantly for 15 mins, then zero for the other 15 mins is the measur ...

Can AGL point me to the contractual definition of net metering when the house is connected to 3 phase but the solar inverter is only connected to one phase please. How is net metering worked out. If my Airconditioning is consuming 5kw on a different phase to my solar Inverter that is also producing 5kw , am i billed zero or am I billed for 5kw on one phase and a FIT of 5kw on another phase . I'd like to see the contract that defines how net metering works for AGL and smart meters.