Re:Australia is offering free daytime electricity
by bob1029 on Tuesday July 14, 2026 @04:46AM
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> Direct access to the wholesale market is probably not good for the lower end of the consumer segment
Not everything is for everyone. At no point did I feel like I was getting scammed as a customer. I was using them during the winter event.
I feel like they had to kill griddy before all the powerwall solutions started showing up. We simply cannot empower the peasants with both things at once. The ability to store energy makes access to wholesale prices substantially more effective.
I'll never forget the days where we would get push notifications about negative prices. I'd throw the dryer and oven on every time to try and unwind the meter a bit.