{"id":15269,"date":"2022-03-03T19:26:26","date_gmt":"2022-03-03T19:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=15269"},"modified":"2022-03-03T19:26:26","modified_gmt":"2022-03-03T19:26:26","slug":"labors-community-battery-plan-to-cut-bills-and-emissions-in-perth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2022\/03\/03\/labors-community-battery-plan-to-cut-bills-and-emissions-in-perth\/","title":{"rendered":"Labor\u2019s Community Battery Plan to Cut Bills and Emissions in Perth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

An Albanese Labor Government will cut power bills for households, and reduce emissions, by installing an initial five community batteries across Perth.\u00a0
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More than one in three Western Australian households have installed rooftop solar panels.
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But very few have a battery, because it\u2019s still too expensive. This means families aren\u2019t getting the full benefits of rooftop solar, and it\u2019s putting pressure on our electricity grid.
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That\u2019s why Labor will install an initial five community batteries across Perth: in Coogee, Dianella, Kinross, Port Kennedy and Stratton.
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This commitment will allow local households to feed solar power into the shared battery during the day and draw from it at night \u2013 cutting electricity bills and emissions, and reducing pressure on the grid.
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Local households who might be unable to install solar, like renters and people living in apartments, will also be able to draw from excess energy stored in the battery.\u00a0
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Up to one in two households in these areas have rooftop solar. The areas have been selected in consultation with the WA Government.
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All WA communities will be able to apply for a battery under Labor\u2019s Power to the People plan, which will invest $200 million to install 400 community batteries across the country.
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In WA, Power to the People will build on the\u00a0trials<\/a>\u00a0already led by Western Power and Synergy.\u00a0\u00a0
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This is part of Labor\u2019s Powering Australia policy to cut power bills, reduce emissions and create jobs by boosting renewable energy.
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In contrast, after nine years of energy policy chaos under the Liberals, Scott Morrison is focussed on photo-ops and marketing tricks \u2013 and attacking Western Australians.
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Communities across WA deserve better \u2013 an Albanese Labor Government that will cut power bills and work for a better future for all Australians.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An Albanese Labor Government will cut power bills for households, and reduce emissions, by installing an initial five community batteries across Perth.\u00a0\u00a0More than one in three Western Australian households have installed rooftop solar panels.\u00a0But very few have a battery, because it\u2019s still too expensive. This means families aren\u2019t getting the full benefits of rooftop solar, … Continue reading “Labor\u2019s Community Battery Plan to Cut Bills and Emissions in Perth”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15269"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15270,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15269\/revisions\/15270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}