Are You Paying to Use Your Own Solar Power? The Cost of Staying Silent on Embedded Networks
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🌤️ When You Pay to Use Your Own Solar, Something’s Gone Seriously Wrong.

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In a powerful recent article by journalist Sue Williams (SMH), Sydney apartment owners discovered they were being billed thousands of dollars for electricity — including power generated by solar panels on their own roof.

The issue? A confidential Embedded Network Agreement signed before the first Owners Corporation meeting locked them into a decade-long deal with high rates and no say.

"They’re using our roof, but there’s no benefit to us whatsoever.”
– Adam Denyer, Dwell apartment owner

This Isn’t an Isolated Case. It’s a Pattern.

At Embedded Network Arena, we see this far too often. Many embedded network contracts have unfair terms that significantly tilt power toward developers or third-party providers — leaving owners trapped, frustrated and paying inflated prices.

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💬 So What Can You Do?

Under the updated Australian Consumer Law on Unfair Contract Terms, your committee may have the right to challenge these agreements — or walk away altogether.

✅ Embedded Network Arena’s Advice:
Committees should urgently seek legal and regulatory advice to assess if their embedded network agreement is enforceable under these new laws.

If not, this opens a valuable window to:

  • Exit the unfair deal

  • Go to market for a fairer provider

  • Secure better outcomes for all owners and residents

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You Deserve Transparency. You Deserve Choice.

We help strata communities:

  • Audit and decode complex Embedded Network Agreements

  • Identify unfair clauses and exit strategies

  • Support negotiation of competitive, resident-first utility agreements

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The Embedded Network Arena are an independent consultancy firm, and we operate for the benefit of our clients. Our parent company, ARENA Energy Consulting, is a signatory to the Energy Charter’s National Customer Code and we were appointed as a founding Council Member in December 2020. Additionally, we are proud to support the Strata Community Association and the Owners Corporation Network of Australia.

We operate under a ‘fee-for-service’ advice model, which means that we do not receive brokerage commissions from suppliers. This ensures our independence is guaranteed.

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