{"id":92847,"date":"2025-06-28T06:30:14","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T21:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=92847"},"modified":"2025-06-30T21:45:43","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T12:15:43","slug":"battery-rebate-rules-locked-in-days-before-deadline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/battery-rebate-rules-locked-in-days-before-deadline\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal Battery Rebate Rules Locked In"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Energy minister Chris Bowen spruiks Labor’s battery election promise.<\/p><\/div>\n

The federal government has scrambled to the finish line just in time for its $2.3bn Cheaper Home Batteries Program, amending regulations to make official a plan to reshape Australia’s energy grid with the install of one million batteries by 2030.<\/span><\/p>\n

Since securing reelection in May, the Albanese government has been racing to get the federal battery rebate in place for its promised start date of July 1, with expectations that the program will shave roughly 30% off the cost of a battery.<\/p>\n

With just days left before the program was due to kick off, the Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment (Cheaper Home Batteries Program) Regulations 2025<\/a> have been signed off on by Governor\u2011General Sam Mostyn.<\/p>\n

The amendment enables solar batteries to be eligible under the Small-scale Renewable Energy Scheme (SRES) that is already in place for solar, allowing Labor to avoid a messy fight in parliament to pass legislation that would have been needed for a totally separate battery program.<\/p>\n

By attaching the battery rebate to the existing scheme however, it means that households will also need to already have or get a solar system to qualify – batteries installed in homes without solar will not be eligible for the rebate.<\/p>\n

The scheme aims to radically ramp up household energy storage capacity – although there are more than 4 million rooftop solar PV systems in Australia, only one in 40 households have batteries.<\/p>\n

How Much Is The Battery Rebate Worth?<\/h2>\n

The rebate is worth a maximum $372 per kWh in 2025, provided by 9.3 small-scale technology certificates (STCs) per kWh of usable capacity. This should shave roughly 30% off the cost of a battery.<\/p>\n

One key detail is the rate at which the rebate value is expected to decline over time – the regulations reveal this will happen slower than for the solar rebate.<\/p>\n

While solar STCs will reduce by 16.7%, battery STCs will only fall by 9.7% at the end of this year and then by a roughly similar amount each year.<\/p>\n

“This means there’s less of a rush to get a battery installed this year, because there will be a less than 10% fall in number of STCs provided next year … all else equal, batteries will only rise in price by around 3%. If suppliers further reduce battery prices as expected however, this means they could be cheaper next year. But if you are likely to save money by installing a battery, there’s little point in waiting,” says SolarQuotes resident fact-checker Ronald Brakels.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The value of the rebate will drop slower than for solar, starting with a 9.7% decline in 2026.<\/p><\/div>\n

What Are The Eligibility Requirements For The Battery Rebate?<\/h2>\n

The amendments to the regulations lock in the following eligibility requirements for the Cheaper Home Batteries Program:<\/p>\n