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Oh heck yes, setup could be an issue for sure.I feel many solar installs, and collaboration between solar co, supplier, and retailer, can be sadly lacking. We have 3 phase, with 2 x 5kw inverters on 2 phases.Solar co's and electricity suppliers can really muck up metering / settings.For 10 months, ours was wired up single phase, then after correcting that, found the system software was also set for single phase.Not sure what it cost us for that time, but in winter our production was pretty carp, ...

"In addition the Victorian Government emergency backstop program also stops the Solar Panels Inverter System from supplying power to the home and has not been reset to enable Solar Panel Power to be supplied to the home (theoriginal and main purpose of having Solar Panels installed).Regardless of if this was a test or otherwise the Victorian Government emergency backstop program should not have the ability to completely disconnect your Solar Panel Inverter System from supplying Solar Panel power ...

..Looking into power suppliers in each state, and curtailment (backstop) of solar generation, I found some very interesting info here on our (South Australian) supplier SAPN website . . . https://www.sapowernetworks.com.au/your-power/quality-reliability/solar-curtailment-for-minimum-system-demand-events/ In particular, it was interesting to note from that page, if ever AEMO orders SAPN to stabilise the grid from overload or other such issues, they do it in the following priority . . . In order, ...

@Solar-John I am pretty sure the folk responsible is the power company / supplier, in your case Powercor ? As far as I am aware, here in SA we have had one such 'solar curtailment', as SAPN (the state's supplier), calls it.It was a test only, about 30 - 45 mins.I only noticed it end of day when this blank spot in production showed up.Called my solar company, and they explained SAPN had emailed them (and assume other solar companies) prior that the test was happening, pity they don't let consumer ...