{"id":60999,"date":"2022-04-18T06:17:58","date_gmt":"2022-04-17T19:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=60999"},"modified":"2022-04-18T06:17:58","modified_gmt":"2022-04-17T19:47:58","slug":"parramatta-solar-rebate-mb2436","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/parramatta-solar-rebate-mb2436\/","title":{"rendered":"City Of Parramatta Home Solar Rebate Bonus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-61000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/parramatta-solar-rebate.jpg\" alt=\"City of Parramatta home solar rebate\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/parramatta-solar-rebate.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/parramatta-solar-rebate-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/parramatta-solar-rebate-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/parramatta-solar-rebate-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you live in the City of Parramatta local government area and are thinking about installing solar panels on your home, now could be a really good time to as Council is offering an added incentive to residents.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Part of Council&#8217;s Sustainability Rebates and Small Grants program aiming to boost renewables and improve environmental outcomes in the community, the rebate is worth up to $500.<\/p>\n<p>To be eligible for the rebate, systems must be greater than 3kW and installed by a Clean Energy Council accredited installer. The applicant &#8211; who must be the owner of the property &#8211;\u00a0 needs to obtain pre-approval for the rebate from Council before the installation commences, and the system needs to be installed within 60 days of the pre-approval.<\/p>\n<p>Looking over the detailed <a href=\"https:\/\/cityofparramatta.nsw.gov.au\/sites\/council\/files\/2022-04\/Solar-Rebate-General-Terms-and-Conditions.pdf\"> terms and conditions here<\/a>, it mostly seems pretty straightforward. Something that isn&#8217;t clear is the &#8220;up to $500&#8221; &#8211; i.e., what size system qualifies for the full $500. As for how many rebates are up for grabs, that&#8217;s also not clear &#8211; Council says the incentive is only available for a limited time and there is limited funding.<\/p>\n<p>So, get cracking, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/quote\/\">get a quote<\/a> &#8211; SolarQuotes has some great <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/installers\/cities\/sydney\/\">Sydney solar installers<\/a> in its network &#8211; and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityofparramatta.nsw.gov.au\/solar-rebate-for-residents\">get started on your application<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>The Power Of Solar Energy In Parramatta<\/h2>\n<p>Whether you can score the incentive from Council or not, solar panels remain a great investment. For example, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/systems\/6kw\/\"> 6.6kW solar<\/a> system <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/location\/parramatta-2150-nsw\/\">installed in Paramatta<\/a> subsidised with the Australian &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/panels\/rebate\/\">solar rebate<\/a>&#8221; available to just about everyone can achieve simple payback in just over 5 years. And with the City&#8217;s incentive added, even faster. To get a better idea of savings and payback in your situation, try SQ&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/solar-calculator\/\">solar calculator<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This initiative is part of the Council\u2019s efforts to slash community emissions by 60% and meet 50% of electricity demand with renewable energy by 2038.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, there&#8217;s not a great deal of residential and small-scale commercial solar power in the local government area compared to many other jurisdictions. Just in Parramatta&#8217;s postcode area (2150), only a few hundred small-scale systems have been installed to date.<\/p>\n<p>Approximately 18% of compatible dwellings across Council&#8217;s area have had installations, compared to around 27% across the state &#8211; and an estimated 38.4% of the population live in flats or apartments compared to 19.9% in New South Wales.<\/p>\n<h2>Council&#8217;s Renewable Energy Efforts<\/h2>\n<p>The City has been no slouch on the renewables front in terms of its own operations. It committed to becoming carbon neutral by 2022 and Council&#8217;s electricity supply will soon be 100 per cent renewables through a Southern Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils (SSROC) brokered deal involving 25 local governments.<\/p>\n<p>Under the Power Purchase Agreement, worth approximately $180 million, renewable energy will be sourced from solar farms at Moree, Hillston and Nevertire in NSW from July 2022 through to 2026; with an option to extend the arrangement to 2030.<\/p>\n<p>City of Parramatta Council has also installed solar panels on a number of its assets with a collective capacity of 371kW. Other emissions reduction efforts included a smart and LED street-lighting upgrade project Council states was the largest ever seen in New South Wales.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you live in the City of Parramatta local government area and are thinking about installing solar panels on your home, now could be a really good time to as Council is offering an added incentive to residents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":61000,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[678],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-solar-battery-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>City Of Parramatta Home Solar Rebate Bonus - SolarQuotes Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Sydney&#039;s City of Parramatta Council is offering a nice incentive for residents within the LGA who install rooftop solar power systems.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/parramatta-solar-rebate-mb2436\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"City Of Parramatta Home Solar Rebate Bonus\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sydney&#039;s City of Parramatta Council is offering a nice incentive for residents within the LGA who install rooftop solar power systems.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/parramatta-solar-rebate-mb2436\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SolarQuotes Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SolarQuotes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-04-17T19:47:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/parramatta-solar-rebate.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michael Bloch\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/parramatta-solar-rebate-mb2436\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/parramatta-solar-rebate-mb2436\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Bloch\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1\"},\"headline\":\"City Of Parramatta Home Solar Rebate Bonus\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-04-17T19:47:58+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/parramatta-solar-rebate-mb2436\/\"},\"wordCount\":525,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/parramatta-solar-rebate-mb2436\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/parramatta-solar-rebate.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"General Solar &amp; 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