AuSES rallies against NSW solar feed in tariff cut

The campaign will include a rally at the Sydney Town Hall and currently the Australian Solar Energy Society (AuSES) is collecting impact statements detailing the losses that have been – and will be – incurred, by solar businesses in Sydney and across New South Wales as a result of the reduction in financial support from the Government. Statements are being collected via email to be forwarded on to various media outlets and the New South Wales Government.
“This decision by the NSW government has underestimated the impact on the solar industry. They have swung the tax too hard and jobs will be slashed and businesses ruined” said AuSES CEO John Grimes.
“Businesses are reporting that they have lost 80 to 90 per cent of their work, and people have already been laid off” Mr Grimes continued.
AuSES proposes that the New South Wales Government finds a middle ground regarding the solar rooftop feed-in tariff, and have proposed that 45 cents per kilowatt hour would be a reasonable remuneration sum.