Garrett pulls plug on solar | theage.com.au - The Diigo Meta page

• 10 Jun 09
  

  Suhit Anantula
  • TENS of thousands of households will miss out on an $8000 solar panel rebate
    after the Rudd Government abruptly ended the program three weeks early.
  • From today the rebate will be replaced with a far less generous solar credits
    scheme that retailers say will typically net Victorian households about $4000
    for a one-kilowatt system. This will be cut over time to about $800. A
    one-kilowatt system typically costs about $12,500.
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  • • Environment Minister Peter Garrett blamed the sudden move on a cost blow-out,
      from an original estimate of $150 million to $750 million a year, due to its
      unexpected popularity.

      
      

      Mr Garrett set aside a further $271 million in the May budget to fund the
      rebate scheme until June 30, but it is understood that money has been almost
      entirely consumed by 30,000 applications in the past month.

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