“Solar and battery storage will be in every home in the future,” said Rob Stobbe, the head of South Australia Power Networks. And, most analysis suggests, it will be providing around half of all electricity demand sometime not so very far in the future.

Even SAPN, for instance, has proposed tariff structures that it admits will slow down the uptake of rooftop solar, but may encourage more battery storage – something it is trying to accelerate through its own trials that may add the benefit of reduced network bills.

http://reneweconomy.com.au/2016/networks-discover-that-rooftop-solar-is-no-longer-the-enemy-52651