{"id":50817,"date":"2021-06-02T06:36:03","date_gmt":"2021-06-01T20:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=50817"},"modified":"2021-06-02T06:36:03","modified_gmt":"2021-06-01T20:06:03","slug":"solar-rebate-eligibility-mb2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-rebate-eligibility-mb2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Be Wary Of Solar Rebate “Eligibility Quizzes”\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

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You don’t need to jump through hoops or give away personal information to find out if you qualify for the federal “solar rebate”. It’s really simple.<\/p>\n

The solar industry is very competitive, which leads to all sorts of “creative” approaches to grabbing folks’ attention. Here’s part of an ad to demonstrate:<\/p>\n

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Above it was a pic of SA Premier Steven Marshall with some solar panels in the background. It looks like they were in a bit of a rush in whacking this together as it mentions it’s available in SA, and then below, QLD. In another version of the ad, it just shows Premier Marshall and the panel pic, and the wording “New Government Rebate For SA”.<\/p>\n

When you click through to the site, there’s a “quiz” to see if you qualify. This quiz has you entering personal details including your name, address, email address and phone number – just to determine “eligibility”. At the end of this process, all I got was a message stating “a local solar specialist may reach out to you to confirm some details”. I assume this actually means to sell me a system. So, after all that, I didn’t find out if I, SpongeBob SquarePants, was eligible.<\/p>\n

But here’s the thing anyway – there is no “new” federal rebate for $3,700 for solar power systems per se – in SA, QLD, NSW (the latter also mentioned on the landing pages) or anywhere else for that matter. What is available is what is popularly known as the “solar rebate” (actually an up-front discount) that has been around for years, and the subsidy can knock thousands off the cost of installing solar panels.<\/p>\n

The Solar Rebate And Eligibility – What You Need To Know<\/h2>\n

Forget the quizzes that have you entering your personal details winding up in the hands of mysterious parties – you can learn everything you need to know about the solar rebate without giving away that information.<\/p>\n

The basics:<\/p>\n