Battery STCs (CHBP)

Cheaper Home Batteries Program – Battery STC Rebate

The CHBP started on 1st July 2025, and can equate to a discount of between $1,500 – $18,000, depending on the usable capacity of your battery bank and the STC price at the time of installation. 

You can be paid your STCs in two ways. Assign your STCs to a registered agent such as Off-Grid Energy Australia, and we trade your certificates for you, refunding you back your rebate amount (Most customers use this option).

Or you can create the STCs yourself by finding a buyer and selling them in the Renewable Energy Certificate (REC) Registry.

STC Deeming Period

Each year, the ‘deeming period’ will decline each year until 2030 when the scheme ends – meaning the rebate value declines each year.

Which is why you might see companies advertising the ‘decreasing rebate’ at the end of each calendar year.

For eligibility criteria and more information, please see our article here.