Cairns Solar Feed-in Tariff Creates Controversy

The recent announcement of the government in regards to the change on feed-in tariff Cairns has elicited conflicting responses from the affected consumers and government officials. Energy Minister Mark McArdle announced that the mandated 8 cent solar feed-in tariff by network energy businesses such as Ergon Energy Cairns and Energex will be stopped. He said that the consumers affected by this change will have to negotiate directly with the retailers. With this change, the rates for the regional customers of Ergon Energy Cairns will be approved by the Queensland Competition Authority. While those in the Energex region will have to...

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