The power companies will obviously just adjust their pricing to account for the free power period, so this isn't about cost to households is it? If I understand it correctly, it's about how the grid has too much power at this time and they want an incentive for power users to shift their power use to this time to prevent grid issues?

I'm guessing it will be an opportunity for providers to charge more per kW/h outside of those hours, possibly treating this like a perk. Much like we often have here with 'free power hour' plans.

Plenty of citizens won't know, and will take the ruse. Much like extended warranties that are redundant under Aus's consumer laws.

That's a good thing. Apparently, the only thing some people on here know how to do is whine.

This is cool until you realize it’s just someone’s old leftover electricity. You could eat for free if you worked at a restaurant and ate table scraps too.

This has already been functionally negated by the increase in retail access and usage rates.

It’s also fundamentally a vehicle to transfer wealth to those who have the option, and can afford, to install home batteries. The poor, renters, and poor renters are the ones who are forced to subsidise it.

As if, it's just a ploy to get everyone hooked to the network and then start raking in the cash once the suckers have nowhere else to go.