"Robert Theodoridis" BiziNet™ Articles

Have you ever thought of someone and at that exact moment you receive a phone call from them? Or maybe you're driving in your car and thinking of a song and it starts playing on the radio? Or perhaps you haven't seen a friend for quite some time and as your having a coffee at the place you normally meet, you coincidently bump into them.

When I first started my apprenticeship over 16 years ago I remember inspectors would constantly review our work on completion to see if we had performed the work to the Australian Standards. Most times there wouldn't be an issue, however, sometimes from time-to-time they would give you a minor defect notice to keep the company on its toes. Back then, almost every job got inspected as there was a large number of inspectors who would cover all areas - now probably only 5 in 100 jobs get inspected and that's being generous.

In the last few weeks I have been curiously listening to a very popular talk back radio program that in my view doesn’t support solar and renewable energy installations throughout Australia, particularly in NSW. This criticism is mainly because all solar installations completed, are ‘subsidised’ and eligible for generous rebates or more commonly known as STC’s (Small-scale Technology Certificates) if it meets certain criteria, using tax-payers money. I will explain how this all works shortly, however, I would like to raise a few points in the defence of renewable energy as it’s no secret I’m a prime advocate for it.

Have you ever heard of Nikola Tesla? Many people have but for those who haven’t, let me tell you some interesting facts about a man who was way ahead of his time, and still is today.

If I got a dollar every time I was asked by people “Why are my electricity bills so high?” I would be shouting everyone free electricity, however, it frustrates me to see us - ‘the consumers’ are generally not educated enough to know if we are getting charged the correct amount from our electricity retailers every quarter.