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TASMANIA’S
RENEWABLE
ENERGY
ADVANTAGE:
Putting People First
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Restoring Tasmania’s
Renewable Energy
Labor has been a long advocate for the development of community solar
hubs – small networks of solar installations powering groups of buildings and
houses.
Labor will deliver a two staged roll-out of Community Solar Hubs over the next
four years.
Stage 1
Stage 1 will involve partnering with community housing providers to deliver
cost of living relief for low income households with a ground-breaking solar
energy trial.
We will identify a community of up to 100 existing low income homes to install
solar and battery storage.
In addition, under Labor’s Homes for Tasmanians every new public housing
property built will have solar panels and batteries installed – adding up to 1000
installations over six years.
Individual households would receive the benefits of reduced power bills, through
a model which incentivises energy conservation and efficiency. Participants
would have access to real time feedback on energy use and conservation.
TasNetworks will have the ability to monitor household energy use and draw
down on stored energy during times of peak demand. They would also have
the ability to turn appliances like hot water services off when not in use to
manage loads.
Stage 2
Labor will seek financing assistance from the Clean Energy Finance Corporation
and ARENA to expand the Community Solar Hub program to government
buildings such as schools, hospitals and offices.
We will also seek to partner with businesses in light industrial zones, particularly
in energy intensive industries.
Labor’s policy will be to create a virtual power plant of connected homes,
businesses and government buildings capable of contributing to the state’s
energy security.
Following the model announced by the South Australian Government,
Labor will seek to engage a new retailer to aggregate and manage this new
distributed resource, thus bringing both generation and retail competition to
the Tasmanian electricity market.
Feed-in Tariff
To support the Distributed Energy Target, Labor will commission the Economic
Regulator to review solar feed-in tariffs.
With the grandfathered feed-in tariff due to expire this year, it is prudent to
conduct a review to establish a new sustainable tariff that supports an increase
in solar uptake, without distorting prices for other users.
Energy Efficiency
We know that energy efficiency is the best way to reduce household power
bills.
Simple measures like draft proofing, insulation and LED light globes can save
hundreds of dollars a year.
Labor will provide energy efficiency upgrades for two thousand low income
families around the state.
Public housing tenants will receie energy efficiency upgrades such as water
saving shower heads and draft proofing, insulation along with education
to assist with lowering the power bill, with an average saving of $400 per
household a year.
Heating Upgrades
Labor believes it is unacceptable that some residents in public housing cannot
afford to heat their homes.
That is why Labor is committed to installing 1000 heat pumps into the homes
of tenants in the oldest public housing properties.
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