Australia's power bills have been rising, and represent one of the largest threats to household budgets.
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| Peter Youll with his Tesla battery, which has paid for itself before the warranty ran out. |
From 2008 to 2016, power prices in Victoria and NSW more than doubled; in the 2017 September Quarter Consumer Price Index, the single biggest increase was electricity, which jumped 8.9 percent.
In response, many Australians are reducing reliance on or leaving the electricity grid and looking to solar power and other technologies to cut their power bills.
Peter Youll and Michael Peters are two ordinary Australians who wanted to make a change, not only to their power bills but for the climate.
Read Cole Latimer’s story in today’s Melbourne Age - “Use solar panels and batteries to put the power back in your hands.”
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