The Government's has been updated; a key point being:
"The Government has said that if changes are made to the Scheme, they will not affect existing participants. Under the legislation, an existing customer is one whose eligible generator has been connected to the electricity grid.
If changes to the legislation are put to the Parliament, the Government would propose that an 'existing customer' is one who has purchased (or entered into an agreement that could result in a financial loss if terminated) an eligible generator and applied to connect it to the grid before the date changes to the legislation are enacted."
Under the Government's proposal, this means that as long as a contract is signed to before changes to the Solar Bonus Scheme are implemented and an application to feed electricity to the mains grid is submitted; households can lock in the 60c per kilowatt hour payment for the remaining duration of the program; which is due to end in January 2017.
The high feed in rate and structure of the NSW Solar Bonus Scheme means that payback on a can be far faster than in most other Australian states.
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