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Re:In Australia, a Home Battery Boom Has Helped Cut Wholesal... by Wacari on Friday August 14, 2026 @10:42AM (#49299366)
cause they have massive operational issues induced by effectively must-run oversupply that has increased costs for both ratepayers (and sometimes shifted to the taxpayer to hide costs).

And then try to fix those problems with populist TOU rate magic (they won't be fixed), and bills continue to rise!! But hey, LMPs are down LOLOLOLOL

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Re:In Australia, a Home Battery Boom Has Helped Cut Wholesal... by KaiserPro on Friday August 14, 2026 @10:50AM (#49299474)
you're gonna have to expain that to me.

so cheaper 'leccy prices are bad? or that this upfront cost to get batteries installed are bad? even though long term costs will be dropping?

I mean whats the cost of 30% of 500k batteries compared to creating a new peaker genny or five?

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