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.
