The first official set of written intended eligibility criteria for Australia’s Cheaper Home Batteries program was published yesterday. Here’s what we learned. [Read more…]
Bound in Red Tape: NSW Tries to Fix Its Battery Rebate
The NSW Government has been seeking advice on improving the Peak Demand Reduction Scheme, as it works to harmonise the state battery incentive in anticipation of a federal rebate. Here’s how the bureaucrats are working to fix a myriad of problems, and what installers want to see changed.
Phase Shift: The Real Winner of The Election? Batteries.
Labor’s back in power — and now the battery rebate is locked in.
From July 1, Australians will be able to knock about $4,000 off a home battery. The goal? A million new batteries by 2030. Based on the number of quote requests we’ve seen at SolarQuotes — up 5x since election night — this is going to move the needle fast.
Rushing Into The Battery Rebate: Careful, We Haven’t Seen The Fine Print
Labor’s Cheaper Home Batteries Program only begins in July, but a promise that Australians can get a battery now and claim the rebate later has triggered a rush on installers. There’s just one problem: the rebate technically doesn’t exist yet, and neither does the fine print. Here’s why you should tread carefully.
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The Best Batteries To Buy With Labor’s Rebate (And What You’ll Save)
Labor’s election win means its $2.3bn Cheaper Home Batteries Program campaign promise is set to become reality. But which are the best brands to get under this new battery rebate, and how big are the savings?
Misleading Home Battery Rebate Ads Flooding Facebook
It didn’t take long for over-enthusiastic marketers and dodgy players to start distorting the nature of Labor’s proposed federal government battery rebate scheme in their advertising. [Read more…]
We Can’t Let Labor’s Battery Cash Cause A Grid Crash
There’s plenty of understandable excitement about Labor’s Cheaper Home Batteries Program election pitch. What I’m not so excited about is subsidising a wave of suburban survival-of-the-fittest types to disconnect from a grid that urgently needs more storage.
The True Cost Of $999 Solar + Battery Deals Revealed
Just $999 for a fully installed 10 kW solar panel and 10 kWh battery system in Victoria? If only it were so – the real cost is much, much more. [Read more…]
Off Grid in the ‘Burbs? That’s FreeDumb
Every week without fail we see multiple comments, quotes or exasperated exclamations along these lines;
“BUGGER THIS; I’M GOING OFF GRID..!”
It’s a natural reaction to a nasty power bill and expresses a desire to be independent and free of obligation. But becoming your own power company is expensive, fraught with risk and really doesn’t make sense.
Phase Shift: New Battery? Great! Now Switch It Off Until July
Credit where it’s due: Labor’s proposed home battery rebate is the right policy at the right time — for the most part.
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