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"Amid the hype around the July 01 2026 launch of the Solar Sharer Offer,
federal Labor’s flagship consumer energy policy – the Cheaper Home Batteries
scheme – quietly celebrated its first anniversary – with a new set of very
impressive numbers.
After one full year delivering generous rebates on generously sized residential
battery energy storage systems (BESS), the number of systems installed through
Cheaper Home Batteries has officially passed the 450,000 mark and is making its
way to half a million.
Federal energy minister Chris Bowen made mention of the new milestone in
federal parliament on Wednesday, alongside a bunch of other facts and figures
that drive home what a success the Albanese government policy has been.
“Today’s the 1st of July, Mr Speaker, which means the cheaper battery policy is
officially one year old today. And I’m pleased to tell the house that 457,439
households have installed a cheaper home battery since [then],” Bowen said
“[This] means, on average 1,255 Australian households are putting in a cheaper
home battery every single day for the last 12 months.
“And it also means, Mr Speaker, that not in per capita terms, not per head
terms, but in absolute terms, Australia has now more household batteries than
the largest, most populous state in the United States of America, California.
“That’s the achievement of Australians over the last 12 months. And since we
came to office, [when] home batteries were in one in 60 houses – now it’s one
in 17.
“And that’s wonderful for those families that are reducing their bills, in many
cases to nothing – in some cases, getting a rebate instead of a bill. But it’s
very good for putting downward pressure on energy prices for everyone.”"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
