Solar panel owners to lose out on price reductions due to higher grid demands

Electricity bills in South Australia are tipped to fall in the next financial year but residents with solar panels will receive only half the reduction.

SA Power Networks has proposed a number of new tariffs to the Australian Energy Regulator in an effort to reduce power costs as it "transitions to cost-reflective tariffs required by government and policy makers".

One of these includes a Residential Solar Tariff that would reduce solar subsidies paid by customers who do not have solar panels.

SA Power Networks spokesperson Paul Roberts said customers with solar panels put a "comparatively higher demand" on the electricity network because they had a different consumption pattern to other customers.

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