SwitchedOn Australia

Join Anne Delaney as she tracks the electrification of everything with people at the forefront of the electrification transition.

SwitchedOn Australia is a news podcast hosted by RenewEconomy, with 147 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  The biggest barrier to apartment electrification? Knowing what’s possible

  Aug 10, 202632 min

  Electrifying an apartment building can be complicated, but sometimes the biggest barrier is simply getting started. Ash Sayers, Director at Keystone, a Melbourne strata management company, explains why residents and owners corporations often assume solar, batteries and EV chargers will be too difficult to install, or won’t be approved. This can leave potentially viable projects stuck in the too-hard basket. While strata managers can’t drive electrification without a mandate from owners, they can play a crucial role in navigating approvals, common property, contractors and the practical steps needed to get projects over the line. Sayers shares examples of apartment buildings that have succeeded, and others that have hit genuine infrastructure constraints, and why a good feasibility study can separate the real barriers from the assumed ones. For more information on apartment electrification, and to find out if your building is eligible for a free electrification feasibility plan, Electrify Yarra, All Electric Homes and Keystone are holding an information session on Tuesday, 18 August in the Fitzroy Town Hall reading room at 6 pm.

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  How I electrified: the apartment owner who refused to accept ‘no’ for an answer

  Aug 4, 202633 min

  Rowan Hearne was initially told he couldn’t install a hot water heat pump in his 1980s Canberra apartment. Instead of accepting "no," he worked with installers, engineers and his strata manager to find practical solutions that allowed him to replace gas hot water with a heat pump, improve insulation and install efficient heating and cooling. Accessing the ACT's Sustainable Household Scheme, he completed the upgrades with a 0% loan, making the transition affordable while improving comfort initially for himself and now, his tenants. Rowan shows that some of the biggest barriers to apartment electrification aren't technical - they're about knowing what's possible, asking the right questions, and finding people willing to help solve problems.

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  Why it took eight years to install a community battery

  Jul 28, 202636 min

  After eight years, Melbourne community group Village Power is finally about to switch on its long-awaited community battery. But the project that emerged is very different from the one its volunteers originally set out to build. Village Power president Graeme Martin explains why the journey became a game of snakes and ladders, with regulatory, commercial and practical hurdles forcing the group to constantly rethink its model. Rather than abandoning their vision, they adapted it, creating a new partnership and community energy program to keep local people at the heart of the project. Their experience raises a bigger question: are Australia's energy rules making it harder than they should for communities to participate in the clean energy transition?

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  Why many Australian consumers want less to do with the energy system

  Jul 21, 202645 min

  Australian households may be feeling slightly less pressure paying their energy bills, but the latest Consumer Energy Report Card from Energy Consumers Australia shows the cost of electricity remains a major concern. The ECA’s Executive Manager of Analysis and Advocacy, Ashley Bradshaw, explains why 62% of households are still cutting back on heating and cooling to save money, despite a small improvement in bill stress, why renters continue to face far greater financial pressure than homeowners and why many Australians increasingly want less, rather than more, involvement with the energy system. The conversation also examines recent major reforms to reshape the energy landscape, including new network pricing rules, the rollout of Solar Sharer offers and the prospect of a new consumer duty.

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  Why Australia's battery boom isn't becoming a virtual power plant boom

  Jul 14, 202633 min

  Virtual power plants have been talked about for years as a crucial part of Australia's clean energy future. But a recent ACCC Electricity Inquiry found fewer than one in four battery owners have signed up to a VPP, despite participants typically paying lower electricity bills than households with solar and batteries alone. So what's holding Australians back? Robbie Campbell, CEO of Plico, Australia's first privately funded residential virtual power plant, explains what they’ve learnt since launching in Western Australia in 2017, what it will take for VPPs to go mainstream, and why his company was built around a virtual power plant from day one, rather than adding it to an existing retail business.

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