Ausgrid’s Rob Amphlett Lewis on the challenges and opportunities facing Australia’s largest distribution network. Plus the launch of Australia’s home battery rebate and other news of the week.
Solar Insiders Podcast: Can networks be nimble?
Cheaper Home Batteries: What you need to know about the game-changing rebate
As the landmark policy arrives in a cloud of dust, signed off by the Governor-General on Saturday, we take a fresh look at the ins and outs of the Cheaper Home Batteries rebate.
Energy retailer cops fine for using banned sales tactics, including “win-back” offers
Electricity retailer cops fine for using marketing methods that are banned in Victoria, including cold-calling customers and making “win-back” offers.
Solar Insiders Podcast: The community that built its own renewable grid
Kait Williamson from Flow Power on how one Victorian town built its own green power solution from the ground up. Plus the news of the week.
State opts to “double” home battery discounts in merger with federal rebate scheme
A two-pronged state and federal home battery incentive promises to roughly double the discounts available to solar households – including for joining a VPP.
Federal and state battery rebates combine to reach five times as many households
Federal and WA Labor agree to stack their respective home battery incentive schemes – but not in the way many might have hoped, and with a VPP twist.
“Sun tax” state bucks trend and raises solar feed-in tariff, Victoria sets floor at zero
State pricing regulator achieves rare feat of setting benchmark solar feed-in tariff higher, and not lower, than the year before. Down south, it’s a zero sum game.
Solar, storage and EV charging in one: Australian battery maker announces “microgrid in a box”
Australian battery maker forms “technical alliance” to deliver an all-in-one solution to streamline residential energy management with electric mobility.
State closes down home battery loan scheme ahead of federal rebate
Over to you, Cheaper Home Batteries! State closes applications to zero interest loan one month ahead of federal rebate launch.
Regulator warns battery cowboys on dodgy sales tactics and rebate rule breaking
Clean Energy Regulator warns there will be zero tolerance of home battery rebate cowboys, as the industry readies for one of the biggest boom-times it’s ever seen.
