Solar panel installation - cost to consider

While the running costs of solar generation are extremely low, arrays do have significant set-up costs.

There may also be several other costs. They include the following.

• Installation costs charged by your installer/electrician - This is the labour and installation cost of your solar system.
• Potential metering costs - Customers are responsible for ensuring adequate space to accommodate the new metering arrangement in their meter box. Any meter box upgrade will be carried out by the installer/electrician at the customer's expense.
• Potential network upgrades - In some cases, connection of a solar system to the network can only occur after a network upgrade has been performed. An upgrade will be necessary if the connection of the solar system will potentially affect the quality of supply of other customers. This will most likely occur in situations where the distribution network is deemed to be unable to operate adequately with the added capacity of your solar system unless an upgrade is performed. In this event, ActewAGL will notify you of the required work and the associated costs.