%T New forms of solar PV provisioning needed to advance energy justice for lower income households
%A Lynne Chester
%A Amanda Elliot
%A Penelope Crossley

%I Asia Pacific Solar Research Conference, 4-6 December 2018, Sydney, Australia
%D 2018

%K Energy consumption, %K Energy justice, %K Solar energy, %K Low-income consumers



%U https://apo.org.au/node/221206

%X Australia leads the world with rapid small-scale adoption of solar photovoltaic (PV) encouraged by feed-in-tariffs (FiTs) and rebates. The common business model for small-scale solar PV is designed around individual installation ownership requiring an upfront capital cost from the dwelling owner and rooftop capacity. These conditions are prohibitive for low-income households and renters. The unequal household access to solar PV is occurring as the poorest households experience the most deleterious impact from a sustained period of substantive electricity price increases.
%9 Conference paper