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Energy retailer cops fine for using banned sales tactics, including “win-back” offers
Sophie Vorrath30 Jun 20250 comments

Electricity retailer cops fine for using marketing methods that are banned in Victoria, including cold-calling customers and making "win-back" offers.

Policy, Solar
Unaccredited solar installer convicted of 11 separate offences
Joshua S Hill19 Jun 20250 comments

Clean Energy Regulator convicts New South Wales man of multiple offences relating to fraudulent claims under the Small-scale Renewable Energy Scheme. 

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Battery/Storage, Policy
State opts to “double” home battery discounts in merger with federal rebate scheme
Sophie Vorrath10 Jun 20250 comments

A two-pronged state and federal home battery incentive promises to roughly double the discounts available to solar households – including for joining a VPP.

Policy, Solar
Solar installer slapped with permanent ban following criminal conviction
Matthew Biss6 Jun 20250 comments

Clean Energy Regulator has permanently suspended the operations of a solar installation company over electrical licence misuse.

Battery/Storage, Featured, Policy
Federal and state battery rebates combine to reach five times as many households
Sophie Vorrath3 Jun 20250 comments

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.

Featured, Policy, Solar, Tariffs
“Sun tax” state bucks trend and raises solar feed-in tariff, Victoria sets floor at zero
Sophie Vorrath3 Jun 20250 comments

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.

Battery/Storage, Policy
State closes down home battery loan scheme ahead of federal rebate
Sophie Vorrath30 May 20250 comments

Over to you, Cheaper Home Batteries! State closes applications to zero interest loan one month ahead of federal rebate launch. 

Electrification, Policy
State opens up electrification one-stop-shops to all households getting off gas
Joshua S Hill29 May 20250 comments

After a range of select postcode trials, state government opens its Electric Home Planner service to all households seeking advice on how to get off gas.

Battery/Storage, Featured, Policy
Regulator warns battery cowboys on dodgy sales tactics and rebate rule breaking
Sophie Vorrath28 May 20250 comments

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.

Electrification, Energy Efficiency, Policy
Energy upgrade scheme extended to provide “rock solid” signal to electrify homes
Sophie Vorrath15 May 20250 comments

Legislation to extend Victoria's market-based energy efficiency subsidy scheme by a further 15 years has passed through state parliament.

Podcasts, Policy
SwitchedOn podcast: Energy as a civil right, not just a commodity
Anne Delaney13 May 20250 comments

Shalanda Baker, a former Director of Energy Justice and Equity under the Biden administration, on how to avoid repeating the inequities of the fossil fuel era in the rapid shift to green energy.

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Battery/Storage, Policy
Rushing to buy a discounted battery? Careful, we haven’t seen the rebate fine print yet
Anthony Bennett13 May 20250 comments

A promise that Australians can get a battery now and claim the rebate later has triggered a rush on installers. Here’s why consumers should tread carefully.

Electrification, Podcasts, Policy, Solar
SwitchedOn podcast: Batteries, not band-aids, key to cost-of-living energy cure
Anne Delaney30 Apr 20250 comments

Community independent Nicolette Boele explains how better climate and energy policy could help tackle Australia’s cost-of-living and housing crises.

Electrification, Policy
State government pilot extends electrification one-stop-shops to more suburbs
Joshua S Hill29 Apr 20250 comments

State trial of one-stop-shops for households wanting to go all electric gets expanded to two new local government areas in Victoria.

Electrification, Podcasts, Policy
SwitchedOn podcast: The electorate that could power Australia’s energy transition
Anne Delaney22 Apr 20250 comments

The federal electorate of Calare sits at the heart of Australia’s energy transition. Independent candidate Kate Hook explains what's at stake and why this major agricultural region has more to gain than most.

Policy
Labor tips fresh funds into solar, efficiency and electrifcation for social housing
Joshua S Hill16 Apr 20250 comments

Albanese government invests another $50.2 million to get solar, energy efficiency and electrification into social housing across two states.

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