Households and businesses with solar power installations above 10 kilowatts (kW) have been locked out of a special scheme that allows consumers who generate their own power to supply electricity to the national grid in times of over-production and get compensated for energy dispatched.
Customers who have solar power systems on their roof and generate more electricity than the domestic uses during daylight hours can sell the surplus to the national grid. If the home is net-metered, the electricity meter will run backwards to provide a credit against what electricity is consumed at night or other periods when the home’s electricity use exceeds the system’s output.
