| It’s only just over a week until the federal election, and it’s time for us to demand that our political leaders are upfront with their plans for the future of rooftop solar in our neighbourhoods. Recently, the Solar Citizens team helped release new data showing exactly how expensive nuclear energy would be for Australian households. The research, produced by Energy & Resource Insights, found that for the same cost of building a new nuclear industry, all Australian homes could be equipped with solar and batteries three times over![1] Households powered by solar and batteries pay an average of just $328 per year on electricity bills, but under the Coalition’s proposed nuclear scheme, the average household would have an annual bill of $2,721. There is deafening silence from the Coalition about the impact of their nuclear plans on rooftop solar for Australian households, so vote for those who support solar. To enable nuclear power plants to be economically viable, the federal Opposition has stated that they will run new nuclear power plants 24/7, even during the day when we have ample renewable energy powered by the sun. In order to do this, they will need to cut off cheaper rooftop solar panels using new rules to switch off our inverters and force us to purchase nuclear energy instead. This has been termed the Nuclear Solar Switch Off, and will hit our energy bills hard. You can find out more about the Nuclear Solar Switch Off, and how to stop it, at the Solar Citizens website solarcitizens.org.au/nuclear_vs_solar Sign the Save Our Solar petition & talk to your neighbours who have solar panels about this issue. Your community needs to be made aware of the risks associated with nuclear energy to rooftop solar systems and energy bills. In sunny solidarity, Heidi, for the Solar Citizens team |
| [1] Solar Citizens, Nuclear Scheme could cost households more for decades [2] Solar Citizens, solarcitizens.org.au/nuclear_vs_solar |
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