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WA pays business to consume surplus solar power – The Australian Financial Review
An electricity glut in Western Australia has led the state power company to offer cash to customers to use electricity on weekends.
Solar-panel owners are paid 3¢ or 10¢ per kilowatt hour to supply the grid, depending on the time of day, according to the West Australian government.
The standard charge for business customers to buy electricity is 30¢ per kilowatt hour. Western Power is paying businesses 8¢ per kilowatt hour to consume electricity, according to a source.
Western Power said how the electricity was used was at the discretion of the businesses involved, although it did not rule out that some participants could be…
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