{"id":29992,"date":"2017-03-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-06T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/revealed-business-forced-to-wait-months-to-receive-solar-benefit\/"},"modified":"2017-03-06T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-03-06T00:00:00","slug":"revealed-business-forced-to-wait-months-to-receive-solar-benefit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/revealed-business-forced-to-wait-months-to-receive-solar-benefit\/","title":{"rendered":"REVEALED &#8212; Business forced to wait months to receive solar benefit"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>A business that has already installed solar panels worth tens of thousands of dollars will have to wait months to have them connected to the grid because SA Power Networks is too busy, according to Nick Xenophon.<\/h3>\n<p>Senator Xenophon told Leon Byner he had been contacted by a business owner whose annual power bill was in the order of $160,000 per year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo he spent tens of thousands of dollars installing solar panels\u2026 and guess what, SA Power Networks apparently told him, sorry, we\u2019re busy, we can\u2019t actually do the connection to the grid for some three months,\u201d Xenophon said.<\/p>\n<h3>LISTEN HERE:<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"no\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/310903210&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has to wait three long months before he can get the benefit of the solar panels already installed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI find it extraordinary that it takes that long. I don\u2019t think that\u2019s good enough.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe longer he has to wait to have these solar panels connected to the grid\u2026 it means SA Power Networks can charge what he\u2019s currently paying for power &#8212; in other words, a lot more than what he would be paying if he actually had solar panels.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Senator Xenophon urged anyone else with a similar story to contact his office on 8232 1144.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf this is a systemic problem then we need to know about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>MOST POPULAR<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/jade-robran\/report-of-disturbing-behaviour-by-clipsal-500-promo-girls\"><strong>REPORT OF PROMO GIRLS\u2019 \u201cDISGUSTING\u201d BEHAVIOUR AT CLIPSAL 500<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/adelaide-crows-announced-some-big-news-overnight\"><strong>ADELAIDE CROWS ANNOUNCE SOME BIG NEWS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A business that has already installed solar panels worth tens of thousands of dollars will have to wait months to have them connected to the grid because SA Power Networks is too busy, according to Nick Xenophon. 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