Zaneta Mascarenhas (Swan, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

Bill-busting batteries—these have been helping households where it hurts the most, which is the hip pocket. Now, across Australia, we've hit a major milestone. Over a quarter of a million households and small businesses have installed these batteries. In fact, half of them have paired this with new or upgraded solar. This means lower bills and more control, energy that works for households and a step towards energy independence. This doesn't just reduce greenhouse gas emissions; it is fantastic for bills as well. They also cut exposure to peak electricity prices. It strengthens the grid and pushes costs down for everyone.

Seventy-seven per cent of this uptake has actually been in outer suburban and rural and regional communities, not the inner-city suburbs. These are the suburbs and regions that are leading the way. In Swan, approximately 1,400 households are already benefiting. Households want results now, not in the distant future. The Albanese government is delivering. This is in contrast to the coalition's policy, which was offering seven nuclear reactors or, as I like to think, a nuclear fantasy somewhere in the distance in the next few decades. Households want to not just be consumers. They can be generators and maintainers of the grid as well. This is great for Australia.

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