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Millions of Australian households fitted with rooftop PV could be charged for exporting electricity to the grid under new proposals that critics have warned could curb the uptake of solar systems and slow the country’s energy transition.

AEMO: System dominated by flagship renewable duo is technically possible within five years if country acts to redesign energy market along principles of flexibility and security.

The Australian Energy Market Commission said on Thursday it will uphold the controversial Marginal Loss Factor (MLF) regime despite loud calls from green energy reps for overhaul.

Clean Energy Council urges ministers meeting for COAG Energy Council this week to ease grid access and harmonise state clean energy targets and schemes.

The energy rulemaking body has soundly rejected loud calls from developers and investors to reform the controversial marginal loss factor regime, its system of calculating energy transmission and network losses.

Stark warning from watchdog AEMC piles new spotlight on dangers posed by country’s embattled grid, with major investor groups lobbying against revenue-crippling power loss calculations.

Industry body: Urgent review needed for marginal loss factor system causing “unpredictable hits” to the financial viability of PV and others.

Australian large-scale renewables investor Lyon Group has confirmed it is selling three projects under development, totalling 800MWh of energy storage and 545MW of PV generation capacity, in Queensland, Victoria and South Australia.

The Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC), responsible for regulating the energy market, has dropped a proposal to let power network companies charge rooftop solar owners for feeding their electricity to the grid in a form of ‘solar tax’, after facing resistance from communities.