Australia · rebates current to August 2026
What you use, and what you pay per unit. Australian state and federal programs now cover a large share of the equipment that shifts both — solar, batteries, heat pump hot water, reverse-cycle heating. We work out exactly which ones you qualify for and what your bill looks like afterwards.
Illustrative · 4-person household
Average first-year bill reduction for an Australian household that installs solar and replaces gas hot water†
Australian households and businesses we've taken through a rebate assessment†
Combined rebates and certificate discounts secured for our customers†
What we arrange
Most people come to us for solar and leave having found that hot water was the faster payback. We assess the whole house against every program you qualify for, then hand you to one accredited installer — not a call centre.
Owner-occupiers, landlords and renters. We check which state and federal programs apply to your property.
STCs · batteries · Solar Homes · VEU · NSW loan
Premises you own or lease. Federal certificates apply in every state; in Victoria, add Solar for Business, the VEU commercial stream and equipment bonuses.
Up to $3,500 + VEU discounts — VIC
Already have panels? The federal battery discount tapers each January and July, so what yours is worth depends on when it goes in.
~$250–$270 per kWh
6.6–13.2 kW systems sized to what you actually use, not what fits on the roof. Federal certificates everywhere, plus the Solar Homes rebate in Victoria.
~$1,500–$3,100 STCs + up to $1,400 in VIC — before install
Stores your midday surplus for the 4–9pm peak, when electricity on most Australian tariffs is dearest. Feed-in tariffs are now so low that self-use is where the value sits.
~30% off via federal program — tapers each Jan & Jul
Usually the shortest payback in the house. Runs on roughly a quarter of the energy of an electric tank and cuts gas out of the equation.
Up to $1,000 rebate + VEU discount in VIC — stacked
In Victoria, replacing gas ducted heating earns the single biggest Victorian Energy Upgrades discount available to a household right now.
$1,500–$5,000 VEU discount — at point of sale
There's generally no household rebate for chargers today — we'll tell you that up front. In NSW, the Home Energy Saver loan can finance one. The saving comes from charging off your own roof instead of the grid.
No current rebate — ~$1,400/yr vs petrol
Unglamorous, cheap, and it makes every other upgrade work harder. Discounted in Victoria through the Victorian Energy Upgrades program, and covered by the Home Energy Saver loan in NSW.
VEU discount — varies by ceiling area
Where the money comes from
This is the part most people get wrong. These aren't alternatives — the two federal programs apply anywhere in Australia, and a household draws on them alongside whatever its own state offers. Here's what each one actually is.
Federal · every state
Victoria
New South Wales
Not a rebate: a zero-interest loan of up to $15,000, repaid over up to ten years, for NSW homeowners and landlords with a combined taxable household income up to $210,000. It covers solar, batteries, heat pump hot water, reverse-cycle air conditioning, insulation, induction cooktops, EV chargers, switchboard upgrades and more. Every federal and NSW incentive comes off the price first, and the loan covers what's left.
The catches: the work has to be quoted by a supplier on the lender's approved list (the loans run through Brighte and Plenti, which check income and serviceability), and a battery only qualifies on a home with solar. A separate discount of up to $4,000, for households on up to $80,000 or holding an eligible concession card, has been announced but isn't open yet — if you'd qualify for both, the NSW Government's advice is to wait and apply for the discount first.
How it works
Nothing happens until you do. Tell us about your home and your bills, and we work out which programs are worth checking. If the numbers don't work for your house, we'll say so, and you won't hear from us again.
A consultation where we verify eligibility against the current rules, review your meter data, and produce a written proposal with every rebate itemised — including the ones you don't qualify for, and why.
We don't install. If you go ahead, we introduce a single accredited installer from our panel who does the work and lodges your rebate. Your details go to them and no one else.
Not five. The reason solar has a bad name in this country is lead brokers selling the same enquiry to a panel of installers who then all ring you. We don't do that.
No doorknocking, no cold calls, no purchased lists. Victoria prohibits both in this sector, NSW bars Home Energy Saver suppliers from them, and we'd rather not do them anywhere.
Your written proposal lists the tariff, generation and pricing figures we used, with where each came from. Check them against your own bill.
Heavily shaded south-facing roof, or a rental where the numbers don't stack up for you? We'd rather say so than sell you a system that disappoints.
Questions we get asked
For solar, yes — the federal certificate discount and a state rebate such as Victoria's Solar Homes stack, and they're calculated in that order. For hot water in Victoria there's one important exception: a system can generate Victorian VEECs or federal STCs, never both. We calculate both paths and take whichever is worth more to you. In Victoria, batteries currently draw on the federal program only, since the state's battery loan closed to new applications in May 2025.
In NSW, the Home Energy Saver loan is built to sit on top: every federal and NSW incentive comes off the price first, and the loan covers what's left.