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Solar subsidy better value than winter payment An energy hardship researcher at Otago University is suggesting repurposing the winter energy payment and putting that money towards solar subsidies for households. Senior research fellow Kimberley O'Sullivan says because the price of power has increased so much in recent years, the winter payment covers less and less heating. She says switching the half a billion dollars the Government spends on the programme to #solar ... https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/audio/2019037840/solar-subsidy-better-value-than-winter-payment-researcher