Federal treasurer Jim Chalmers says Labor will unveil its plan to support the uptake of home battery storage “in coming days,” adding weight to pre-election rumours that one of the most hotly anticipated consumer energy policies is about to land. Please read the full article prepared by Renew Economy.
Highlights include: In a prerecorded video presented at the Clean Energy Investor Forum on Thursday morning, Chalmers said cheaper, cleaner and more reliable energy was central to delivering cost of living relief to Australians and building a stronger, more productive economy.
Earlier this week, the SEC’s Wayne Smith told the Solar Insiders Podcast on Renew Economy sister site One Step Off The Grid that the industry group has been involved in “a lot of discussions with a lot of governments over a long period of time,” lobbying for an up front discount on the cost of home batteries. “We’ve particularly [been] talking to the federal government about this and they’ve been good listeners, I’ve got to say.
“If there is an announcement around a national battery booster program it will be an extraordinarily profound announcement, I would expect – a really significant program,” Smith told Solar Insiders.
“It could be the most significant announcement in decades, really. This is a big deal, and so industry should see this, if it happens, as a huge win.”
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