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Calls for national solar feed-in tariff
April 28, 2008 - 5:56PM
The federal opposition has called for a national solar payment to encourage more home owners to generate solar power.
The Queensland and South Australian governments have approved such tariffs, which pay households above the retail rate for electricity generated by solar panels.
Opposition environment spokesman Greg Hunt on Monday said a draft plan should be prepared for a national tariff which has a guaranteed rate of pay for solar electricity feedback into the grid.
"We should be aiming for more than a piecemeal approach," Mr Hunt says in notes for a speech given in Sydney on Monday.
"A national solar feed-in tariff could provide an immediate boost to domestic solar power uptake."
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