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.

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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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Federal Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus spruiks Labor’s Cheaper Home Batteries Program.

Labor’s election promise of a federal battery incentive is eye-catching enough on its own, but especially lucrative is how it can potentially be combined with state-level schemes. We’ve run the numbers to calculate the savings from double-dipping, and they’re big — but so are the potential issues.

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Minister for Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen spruiks Labor’s battery election promise.

Federal Labor has vowed to slash the cost of purchasing and installing a new home battery by 30%, under a $2.3 billion plan that forms a key part of its re-election pitch.
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The bad news is out.  Grid electricity price hikes are coming and likely to hit hardest in NSW, where bills are set to spike by up to 8.9%. With more financial pressure looming, many NSW homeowners are asking: “Is now the time to get solar and a battery?”

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What if told you there was a petrol station selling half-price petrol?

Forget the dollar figure, just imagine the traffic chaos and thousands of manhours wasted queuing.

Read on and we’ll explain how to get cheap fuel dispensed with zero effort from the convenience of your own driveway… it’s an absolute no brainer.

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The first battery installed under the Community Battery Funding program, located in Bexley North.

Expressions of interest are now open for the $46.3m second round of a national funding program for community batteries. Here’s what it all means and how to apply.

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I rented most of my adult life. I left home at 18, bought my first home at 32, struggled with a mortgage for three years, then sold it to start SolarQuotes. It was another four years before I bought again, only after SolarQuotes started doing well enough.

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The Australian federal election is creeping up, and if history is any guide, Labor and the Coalition will be battling it out with policy sweeteners. One of the likely big-ticket items? Battery rebates. It’s a safe bet that, in a bid to win votes, both sides will throw money at home batteries (just like WA Labor is in today’s state election).

That’s great, except for one thing.

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As everyone will be aware, Cyclone Alfred is bearing down on some pretty populated parts of Queensland and New South Wales. Solar installers have been posting useful links, so without adding to the information overload we’d like to put a few of the best tips we’ve found together.

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