HOUSEHOLDS were encouraged to install solar panels, and were paid for the electricity generated, to save the generating authorities the considerable expense of installing additional generating capacity.

Your story, “Power bill set to rise by $250” (C-M, May 31), informs us that 280,000 Queensland households responded to the call, thus saving the electricity suppliers a vast sum of money.

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After outlaying thousands of dollars on solar panels, it is now claimed these households are being subsidised by those who could not, or chose not to, install such a system.

Letters: Solar users shine a light on saving cost of power | The Courier-Mail.