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Gees Peter, I think you were right the first time when your answer to the question about the ease of being green was “well no, not really”
Our Plan put a Special By-Law in place covering both solar power and hotwater systems on the common property (roof), and 4 Owners together with the O/C installed 10kW of solar arrays there in 2010.
All those systems are on gross metering at the old $0.60/kWh tariff, and the O/C’s total electricity bill last financial year for the common property including security lights comprising 4x18W LED spot lights, and 11x20W tube-style fluorescent lights all on for av 12hrs/d, plus 4 fluorescent spot lights (on sensors), and 5 well-used electric BBQs was $312.23.
I will amend our Plan’s Register of Alterations and Additions to Common Property to show the O/C as holding its 2kW System as trustee, but I have to be honest, I didn’t even try to calculate the $ value of the O/C’s feed-in credit, as most of the Plan’s that I’ve had dealings with, including this one when we had a Strata Manager, don’t even include bank interest on the taxation returns; wrong I know.
We’ve just had another Owner install a 2kW system on net metering (as apparently the gross tariff is now around $0.05/kWh), and I’ll be interested to see how that affects his electricity bill. I did note however the lower price for the installation now that the Government Subsidies are gone; strange thing that.