MEL - Meridian Energy

[Snoopy]

The peak charges should NOT be taken out of the charging mechanism This change to TPM is nonsense and designed to preserve the existing generators and stop solar and new technologies. Anybody young should be going off grid if they can. I understand Transmission Pricing.

Will this have any effect on Home Solar?

Unless your home solar generates at peak energy consumption time (unlikely), then you are going to face a higher line's charge in the future. Because the lines company will be losing revenue from your 'solar substitution' but the solar substitution will not be reducing their peak load. So the lines company will have to put up their fixed charges to you, so that they can maintain your local network for 'peak duty'.

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