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Home battery subsidies favor wealthy, call for fairness

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By Thomas Longden, Debasish Das
| PV Magazine Australia
While the federal government has described the Cheaper Home Batteries program as an ” unprecedented success, ” it has also been criticised for unfairly allowing wealthier households to reap the benefits. Our working paper, released this week but not yet peer reviewed, shows a disproportionate increase in the installation of batteries and rooftop solar in wealthier postcodes. The program has now been redesigned, with two major revisions that took effect this month.
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Like solar, most of the first home battery subsidies went to the wealthy. We need a fairer approach

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By Thomas Longden
| Inkl
Australia is in the grip of a record-breaking battery rush. Last week Energy Minister Chris Bowen announced that more than 380,000 home batteries have been installed since July last year. That’s over 100,000 more than the total installed between 2020 and mid-2025. The reason for the rush: government subsidies, which cut the upfront cost by about 30%.
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Like solar, most of the first home battery subsidies went to the wealthy. We need a fairer approach

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By Thomas Longden, Debasish Das, UNSW Sydney
| MSN Australia Verified
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