Labor’s $2.3bn Cheaper Home Batteries Program has been broadly welcomed by energy groups as a game changer for power bills, but some voices say the scheme is missing key elements. So what’s the overall verdict? [Read more…]
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Labor Unveils $2.3bn Cheaper Home Batteries Program
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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Home Electrification Budget Blues
Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ Budget 2025–26 was a fizzer for Australians hoping for home battery and other electrification incentives. But the show isn’t over yet. [Read more…]
Labor’s Power Bill Rebates Could Have Electrified 600,000 Homes
Further power bill rebates in tonight’s federal budget brings the total amount of energy cost relief to $6.8bn under the Albanese government — which would have been enough to embark on the electrification of over 600,000 households, new analysis reveals.
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Phase Shift: Curtailment Is Cool
When I was a kid growing up in Yorkshire, wasting electricity was almost criminal. Coming from a place synonymous with frugality, I learned early that every kilowatt-hour was sacred. And fair enough: back in the 1970s, generating each kWh of electricity meant burning roughly a kilogram of coal mined by Arthur Scargill’s finest1.
Fast-forward to today and things couldn’t be more different. Solar and wind have free ‘fuel,’ and we often find ourselves with more electricity from wind and solar than we know what to do with.
Phase Shift: How Waiting For Battery Rebates Costs You More
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.
WA Labor Pledges Big Home Battery Rebates
Western Australia’s Cook Labor Government has announced very generous subsidies for home batteries should it be returned to office. [Read more…]
LNP Pushed On Promised Solar Scheme, New Battery Subsidies
The Queensland Conservation Council is urging the new-ish QLD government to make good on a commitment to providing solar subsidies for rental properties – and to reintroduce a battery subsidy. [Read more…]
Australian Home Battery Incentives In 2025 (So Far)
If one of your New Year’s resolutions is to smash your electricity bills with a home battery, here’s what government support is available and where to help some Australians on their way. [Read more…]
Stop Hot Spots: Simple Solar Panel Maintenance Tips
The whiter the image, the hotter the area.
Recently, I found myself back on the roof of a shed I hadn’t worked on for at least a dozen years. The solar hadn’t gone anywhere, but damn, it needed a clean. [Read more…]
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