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Lester Powerhouse
Friday

Re: No access to meter for self-read

@Keithakam are you getting estimated bills ??If not, you probably have a digital meter, mostly requiring no reading . . . unless there is no internet connection, then they are read like a normal old analogue meter).Or, you have an analogue meter, and the AGL meter read contractor has been doing your reads ok. Sometimes readings are missed, no access, dog present etc, and they estimate a bill based on past bills (usually estimates can be very high though !!), and next bill if a reading is done it ...
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Lester Powerhouse
Friday

Re: Solar panel generation reducing once batteries are full.

..Your solar / battery provider for sure first up.They are responsible to do the commissioning / set up part of the install correctly, for the individual site, and also all the compliance stuff with SAPN. Make sure you are on Flexible Exports, and not Fixed Exports . . . even if you think you've been on Flexible Exports, check . . . I was on that, but into Winter 2024, my system failed it's 6 month small embedded generation (SEG) approval 'test', think something to do with backstop / curtailment ...
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Lester Powerhouse
a week ago

Re: Solar Plan vs Standard electricity plan

..It's pretty easy to check that . . . 2 ways, depending if you are on old analogue metering, or digital smart metering and have been on it for at least 2 years . . . Analogue meterGet your last 4 Origin bills (to get a year round view of usage)Find an AGL plan that best suits your homes power usage, time of day you use power especially, HWS, etcCompare tariffs for all your various times of use (as applicable)Compare daily supply chargeMaybe jot this all down on paper in 2 (or more) columns, the ...
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Lester Powerhouse
2 weeks ago

Re: Copying and pasting account numbers just got easier

@SYED_AGL . . . Brammers works for AGL 
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