We are reforming the Default Market Offer (DMO) to help households get better electricity deals. As part of these reforms, we are proposing a Solar Sharer Offer (SSO).The SSO is an initiative that ...

Electricity retailers across Australia could be required to offer households three hours of zero-cost daytime power from July 2026 under a federal Default Market Offer reform aimed at smoothing demand ...

Households across NSW, Queensland and South Australia will be the first to access free power for a few hours everyday, in a ...

Consumers and the grid could both be winners if a Default Market Offer review recommendation is enacted, requiring electricity retailers to offer a zero-cost electricity period standing offer, ...

The federal government says its new Solar Sharer scheme will also benefit Australians who aren't able to access it, but some ...

Free electricity for three hours a day! What’s not to love? But energy experts say it should be a base for a bigger push into ...

Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen says Australians will be provided with free daytime electricity. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman Australians will get free electricity for at least ...

Energy retailers will be made to offer free power in the middle of the day, as the government seeks to spread the benefits of solar power. Wholesale electricity prices in the daytime are often very ...

Australia’s power companies fear Energy Minister Chris Bowen’s Solar Sharer scheme could drive energy retailers out of the ...

A new retail energy offer has been unveiled that unlocks free solar for homes during the day, regardless of whether they have solar panels.