SB 868 lets homes use certified panels of up to 1,200 W that plug into an outlet, with no utility interconnection, fees or permission. It takes effect on 1 January 2027.
Refining margins, not crude alone, are carrying the increase. EIA's breakdown shows where each dollar at the pump is going.
Four projects, AU$1.8 billion, and roughly 8% of the state's summer peak - all of it batteries, none of it gas.
Europe's assessment finds no problem in Portugal. The national one finds a shortfall growing fiftyfold by 2035. ACER's opinion is about the modelling, not the lights.
