Solar at "socket parity" in most parts of Australia

[kristopher]

8. The broader implications to the grid...

The biggest issue, it says, is on long-term regulation, particularly the “right to connect,” and on appropriate tariffs being fed back to the grid. It wants restrictions to be placed on anti-competitive actions of electricity retailers and gentailers and more emphasis and support for energy storage to enable higher PV penetrations, as well as encouragement for customers on the on fringe of grids (who faced costly network upgrades) to convert to off-grid systems. (One interesting statistic was the increase in domestic off-grid installations, which more than doubled to 101MW in 2011).