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Lester Powerhouse
  • Solar enthusiast
4 hours ago

Re: How Effective Is AGL’s Peak Energy Rewards? Real Experiences Wanted!

Thanks Basil, I'll email the PER team and check I'm still enrolled, and once battery is in and working, will self consume for a time while I check out properly what the best options are.
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Lester Powerhouse
  • Solar enthusiast
yesterday

Re: How Effective Is AGL’s Peak Energy Rewards? Real Experiences Wanted!

@NeilC seems like the events are few and far between then, perhaps in it's still real world testing, as there might be some bugs to work out with the recording and payments etc.As the grid depends more and more on renewables as coal / gas is shunned, these events might get more common. I read a FB post on an efficient home energy group the other day someone saying the AGL VPP events are the same, that AGL had taken a very, VERY small number of kwhs since they'd been on that, so that seems like i ...
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Lester Powerhouse
  • Solar enthusiast
yesterday

Re: How Effective Is AGL’s Peak Energy Rewards? Real Experiences Wanted!

Hi @Basil_AGL . . . I'm getting a battery in about 4 weeks, so starting to look into options, as it opens up a wide range of offers in the market. Can I confirm, the Peak Energy Rewards are available to participate in alongside the Night Saver EV (or any other) plan ?I think so, as I was somehow automatically put into the PER programme without signing up for it, just received a text for I think the 2nd one in Adelaide, on 17th June. I posted about this here . . .https://neighbourhood.agl.com.au/ ...
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Lester Powerhouse
  • Solar enthusiast
yesterday

Re: DIGITAL SMART METER INSTALL

@Bondi_Boy in the past I declined several meter upgrades, up until when we got solar in late 2023, then you have to get the digital smart meter for the 2 way comms. However . . . I just googled > can you decline a smart meter install aglThe AI answer > No, you generally can no longer refuse a smart digital meter from AGL or other energy retailers in the National Electricity Market. Under national rule changes implemented by the Australian Energy Market Commission, the legal right to opt out of a ...
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