A Day in the Life of an Off-Grid Home
December 10, 2024
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Correct as of 4th July 2025
The Federal Labor Government’s $2.3 billion Cheaper Home Batteries Program, started on 1st July 2025 – allowing households to purchase a home battery with an estimated 30% discount on typical installed costs. This will help households reduce reliance on fossil fuels – and take back control of their power costs!
There are still a few eligibility and compliance details to get clarity on, but here’s what we know:
*For expansions or upgrades using existing equipment, all existing equipment must either be on the CEC approved list, or have not been removed for safety concerns. The CER still hasn’t clarified exactly what this means, and whether equipment that was never on the CEC approved list (because it never needed to be – i.e. many battery inverter brands) will be eligible.
^Some stackable battery brands are listed on the CEC Approved list in combination with an inverter, and not as an individual battery module. This means that these batteries are only eligible for the rebate when installed as a new stack with a new inverter (e.g. battery/s added to an existing stack are not eligible).
The subsidy is an extension of the Small-scale Renewable Energy Scheme, and the Government announced the rebate value at a maximum of $372.00 per kWh of usable battery capacity. However, the end value for homeowners will be less than this, for several reasons (lower certificate trading price, and trader fees/charges being the main two), and we estimate the value to be closer to $320-340 per kWh.
The rebate value will decline annually alongside the solar STC rebate, ending in 2030. This means that the highest possible rebate value will only be available for systems installed in July-Dec (inclusive) of 2025.
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More details on the Cheaper Home Batteries Program can be found here;
https://alp.org.au/news/labor-to-deliver-one-million-energy-bill-busting-batteries/
https://www.dcceew.gov.au/energy/programs/cheaper-home-batteries
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