The NSW government will offer an incentive of up to $2400 to buy a household battery from November 1. The solar industry welcomes it, but wants it brought forward.
The solar industry is in urgent crisis talks after sales of household batteries tanked across NSW because customers are waiting until November when the state government incentive is due to start.
“The industry wants to work with the government on their program,” McKibbin said. “As it stands, sales of batteries in NSW will absolutely grind to a halt.”When the scheme kicks in, the state government will pay incentives based on battery size, from 2 to 28 kilowatt-hours capacity, consistent with other states. It will also pay a reward of up to $400 to connect to a virtual power grid, which allows energy to be pooled and shared.
Pejkic said households were already delaying big-ticket purchases like solar panels and household batteries because of interest rate rises. The recentJeff Sykes, chief executive of comparison site Solar Choice, said at least 10 clients called within 24 hours after the policy was announced to cancel their lead generation contracts.
“In this case, with the rise in community concern around battery fires and safety risk, a buffer was built into the rule to give time for compliance and inspection requirements to be formulated and implemented,” the spokesperson said.
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