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Managed inverters do contribute to the stability of the grid as it is the inverter that manages the battery and decides when to charge or discharge and whether to import or export. I signed up with Amber a few weeks ago and it has been interesting watching what the software is telling my system to do as it uses algorithms to check the spot price which changes every 5 minutes and how much energy I am using and whether my battery is charging or not and what the current export price is. I had run the EV battery down to 20% with a few longish drives over 3 days & decided to charge it today. I have the car set to charge only between 10am & 2.30pm. By 10 am my battery that was depleted overnight as it exported during the peak time from about 5.30pm & 7pm had regained about 55% of charge. The charger consumes 7kWh & the solar now is generating about 6kWh. In January this would have been 9kWh. So the solar was used to power the charger & the rest of the house & the balance supplemented by the battery. When the battery depleted to 29% the system stopped drawing from it & began importing energy and the solar then was all used for charging the battery. At that time the spot price was 11c/kWh & the export price was -1cent. My charger does not have OCCP (Open Charge Point Protocol) so cannot be managed except manually. I changed the charger via its app to charge at 20 amps when it had been charging at 32 amps. The inverter then stopped importing power and supplied the charger & house & began recharging the battery with the surplus. For the last few days the inverter has used its curtailment function to reduce solar output once the battery is full to prevent export at very low or negative export prices The Amber software is in learning mode for the first 30 days so gets more accurate over time. The Amber App today shows that in the past 18 days I am $31.03 in credit. Ambers charge is a flat $25.00 a month so that is covered. The daily supply charge from Essential Energy of $1.92 has already been included. It will be different as the seasons change and if we get a lot of cloudy weather or rain.

Obviously the fire was started by radical leftist EV owners seeking to overthrow the capitalist system....... or a faulty valve.

I don't know of any electricity retailers who only charge a kWh and not a network fee but I am happy to be enlightened. Certainly every retailer I have have looked at charges a network charge. If you have a battery and can supply all of your own power needs but are still connected to the grid as a backup then you are paying your fair share. If you are able to disconnect from the grid then why should you pay for a grid you don't use? If you have a house on tank water you should not have to pay water rates.

According to the ABC, Europe has a Big Jet fuel shortage looming. Nev

They are already working on that. Probably economically feasible when the pump price hits $6/ltr. Or so.

The premier announced today that the government is in talks with some private companies regarding building a new fuel refinery, most likely in the Gladstone area. A push toward fuel sovereignty is the plan.

Oil Refinery Fires in Australia 2026 – Geelong Oil Refinery (Viva Energy) Large fire with explosions; burned ~13 hours; no injuries. 2018 – Kwinana Oil Refinery (BP) Fire in processing unit; contained; no major injuries. 2004 – Kwinana Oil Refinery (BP) Fire and explosion during maintenance; several injuries. 1994 – Clyde Refinery (Shell) Processing unit fire; limited injuries. 1984 – Port Stanvac Refinery (ExxonMobil) Operational fire; contained. 1970s–2010s – Altona Refinery (ExxonMobil) Multiple minor fires; no major catastrophic event.

Refineries are Just the Place for Fires. Why are we trying to conjure up a conspiracy?Nev

How do you figure that? The retailers are making a profit from my solar input. They buy it from me at 8 cents and sell it for 30 cents. Back when solar imports paid better sometimes I would get a negative bill. This would mean that the network fee would be zero. This does not mean it is not being paid for. In this case I would be paying for the network fee with kWhs which has a value. I am not getting connection to the grid for nothing.

That's valve-ist!!!!!

Interesting concept. Tell me, how do I go about this? Is there any data available to find out what options are out there? At present, I am waiting for my new smart meter. I guess I'll have to look into setting up timed usage somehow.

Is there something special about nine pints? Did someone declare that ten pints was excessive? My first time in an English pub I had nine pints. Never again.

Yeah l mean, here he is now, fighting with the damn pope, the pope !!!! Just wtf ! The popes brother in the US is now getting death threats. Man, tell you what , Leo might be a lovely man no doubt about that l'd say, but when the Vatican chose what- an American, l'm thinking what the hell, haven't you seen what Markle 's done to the Royals, Harry, have you not seen that disgraceful shytshow, yaknow. Now your gonna put one into what's suppose to be the most sacred of sacred positions in the world. Andddd, here we go. l know it's not Leo's fault and l know he's not full blooded Yank but man, that won't matter. Chump is the most disgraceful, classless animal , l reckon we've ever seen in a position like that , makes Pootin look like an angel. Speaking of, man, love that puppet pic , l mean that's it isn't, sums it up, in a nutshell. Hope Chump sees that someone send it to him.😁

Is it un-Catholic to pray that someone would drop dead?

The MAGA mob Have Never Liked the Pope. He says thou shalt not KILL and Helps the Poor and sick People.. Can't have THAT can we? Nev

Yes but not sustainable. If all the seats were this price all the time the total revenue would probably not even cover the total cost of fuel let alone the rest of the business, assets and airport costs. Plenty of routes run at a loss and the high volume profitable ones subsidise them. Loss leaders are standard business practice everywhere from supemarkets to hotels, airlines, cruise ships etc.

I should have made the title Victoria's Secret, because not many people know how serious it is. In a way it will be a good thing, because the other states and the Feds will have a chance to see how a treaty really works. Unfortunately, in my opinion, some of the so-called leaders are just in it for what they can get for themselves and close family. Some have criminal records or are known drug dealers. Some, perhaps many, have a tenuous claim to aboriginality. At present there is a fight to see who comes out in control or with veto rights on public lands. At the same time, as in the greater society, probably 90% are good people wanting to get on with their lives, but they are not the high-profile activists. If you ask me for hard evidence I probably don't have any, just my own experiences and observations and those of people around me.

I wonder if inflation actually is an insurmountable problem for the average citizen - the peasant, or if you like, the people like us. It's for sure that things that are imported, the 21st Century consumer goods, would become too expensive, but food can still be produced and bartered for. Things would be really tough, but life would go on as it has done through the many periods of adversity these people have gone through throughout the millenia.

Here is Jon Stewart, The Daily Show, sending up Trump, first on his attack on the Pope, then he spots the likeness to himself in the 'patient' being healed by Trump appearing as Jesus in an AI picture, and Trump's weak explanation of the picture. You can disregard the rest of the video, or watch it if you you like.

That fire is too much of a coincidence.

Much ado about not Much. Nev

One of PHON's seats has been thrown into doubt. https://au.yahoo.com/news/absent-votes-cast-doubt-over-015650889.html

China is Probably doing the Sensible and Responsible thing more effectively than Most. Rent seekers in Corrupted Capitalist Places put a Brake on it to maintain their Profits They don't want competition which is what makes capitalism efficient and keeps costs down. Nev

Inverters don't contribute to the grid. Batteries help the grid because they smooth out peaks in consumption. There is a huge peak around the time people get home from work and cook dinner. Those people with their own batteries are helping by not contributing to this peak, and those who sell a portion of their stored electricity back to the grid are reducing the need to ramp up power stations or peaker plants. Most of the world is moving in this direction; can they all be wrong?

That Spanish incident was a special case. Synchronisation of a multitude of sources is difficult Community batteries are a Better idea by far. In a Lot of Places a grid Connection would not be necessary A Grid is a weakness and costly with any form of Power and the More centralised and LARGE the worse it is Baseload power is an outdated concept, used a lot by those who wish to confuse the Issues. In all these Matters. FACTS will speak for themselves (if allowed).Nev

Not at my place. Therfe was more moisture on a dead dingo's donger than came from the sky.

Had a bit of a reality check at the servo today. The last fill was early in the war at $2.20/litre, today was $3.25. The litres dial was moving very slow and the dollars dial moving very fast at the pump. $130 for 40 litres. There must be a lot of prawn trawlers tied up. A lot of money at today's fuel prices to fork out with no guarantee of a catch.

You could put Netanyahu on the other side with his hand in the same place.

This one has been seen before, but worth a rerun.