24/08/2026
☀️ **IMPORTANT SOLAR NOTICE – TUESDAY 25 AUGUST**
SA Power Networks will be carrying out its annual **Smarter Homes Solar Curtailment Test tomorrow, Tuesday 25 August**.
Around **100,000 solar systems across South Australia** may be temporarily affected.
During the test, you may notice:
⚡ Your solar system temporarily stops generating
⚡ Solar production drops to **0 kW**
⚡ Your system temporarily stops exporting to the grid
⚡ Your monitoring app shows unusual solar/export behaviour
**This does not necessarily mean there is a fault with your solar system.**
SAPN is testing its ability to remotely reduce rooftop solar generation during a rare electricity system security emergency. Participating systems will be reduced to 0 kW and then instructed to reconnect automatically.
The curtailment is expected to last **less than one hour**, and SAPN advises that the test will be completed by sunset.
✅ **What should you do?**
In most cases, nothing. Allow your system to reconnect automatically.
SAPN recommends checking your inverter or monitoring app again on **Wednesday 26 August**.
If your solar system has **not returned to normal by Wednesday**, please contact the Generate Energy team and we can investigate further.
Please feel free to share this post with other SA solar owners so they don't mistake tomorrow's test for a system failure.
**Generate Energy**