Don’t switch solar installers: CEC

July 17th, 2012

FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda

Queensland solar customers are being urged not to switch equipment providers as companies try to poach each other’s clients.

The Queensland government cut its solar feed-in tariff from 44 cents per kilowatt hour to eight cents on July 9, sparking a rush for solar system installations before the deadline.

More than 100,000 applications were made in the two weeks before the deadline as homeowners rushed to take advantage of the higher rate for providing electricity back to the grid.

Now the deadline has passed, solar companies are trying to lure customers into shifting away from the providers they applied with.

But Clean Energy Council policy manager Darren Gladman says solar customers should “look before they leap”.

“Depending on the circumstances, customers who switch suppliers may need to submit a new application to their distributor,” Mr Gladman said in a statement to AAP.

“This may cause delays, and submitting a new application may mean some customers will find themselves at the end of the queue.”

Mr Gladman said changes in a new application could mean customers miss out on the higher tariff rate altogether.

The rush of applications will keep suppliers and installers busy until work dries up after the cut-off date for installation in July next year, he said.

But Mr Gladman said he expected the solar power industry to be slashed from 11,000 jobs to 4500 then.

“However we expect sales to start improving again after 2013 as the price of systems becomes cheaper,” he said.