House debates Questions without Notice

Cheaper Home Batteries Program

Wednesday, 9 September 2026 House of Representatives

Chris Bowen

Chris Bowen McMahon, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Climate Change and Energy

2:36 pm

When the Cheaper Home Batteries Program was implemented on 1 July 2025, I instigated a committee, which consists of the Clean Energy Regulator and industry bodies and industry representatives, which has been meeting regularly and keeping me advised of progress and all issues. I've received regular progress reports from the Clean Energy Regulator directly, and those regular progress reports have told me that the number of complaints as a proportion of installations for cheaper home batteries since this program was introduced have halved. They have halved. Complaints per thousand installations have halved since this came in. Again, I say to those opposite: 535,833 Australian houses have installed a cheaper home battery. I know they don't like it—

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