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Get paid for solar power on your roof * * Email * Printer friendly version * Normal font * Large fontMarian Wilkinson Environment EditorNovember 24, 2008

HOUSEHOLDERS who put solar panels on their roofs and generate power that feeds back into the electricity grid will be paid a fee, but how much will not be decided until January.

The move to introduce the “feed-in tariff” will be announced today by the NSW Minister for Environment and Climate Change, Carmel Tebbutt, at a solar power conference in Sydney.

It marks an end to the State Government’s opposition to solar subsidies. The Energy Minister, Ian Macdonald, is backing it despite strong objections from one of the state’s main energy retailers, Energy Australia. NSW is the last state to introduce the solar subsidy or feed-in tariff.

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November 23, 2008 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Uncategorized