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    Find rebates and loans for your home

    Explore support for your solar or battery project in the ACT and NSW, with clear explanations of eligibility and how the amounts are calculated.

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    Tell us about your property, household and planned upgrades to see which programs you may qualify for.

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    Rebates, loans and who can apply

    Explore each program, its eligibility requirements and whether applications are open. Use the finder above to see which may suit your household, or browse the details below.

    OpenFederal · Australia-wide

    Cheaper Home Batteries Program

    A discount taken off the price of a home battery at the point of sale, delivered by your installer through small-scale technology certificates. It is not a payment you claim back.

    Requires
    New or existing rooftop solar. A battery on its own does not qualify, and this is the test people most often fail.
    Income test
    None. No property value test either.
    Eligible size
    5 to 100 kWh installed. Certificates are earned on the first 50 kWh and nothing above it.
    Tiered by capacity
    100% of the rate on the first 14 kWh, 60% from 14 to 28, 15% from 28 to 50, and nothing above 50 kWh.
    The rate
    6.8 certificates per kWh of eligible capacity today, stepping to 5.7 for installs from 1 January 2027.
    How it reaches you
    Off the invoice, by the accredited retailer. There is nothing for you to lodge.

    Source · Clean Energy Regulator

    OpenFederal · Australia-wide

    Federal solar certificates (SRES)

    The long-running federal scheme that discounts rooftop solar. Your installer claims the certificates and takes the value off the price, so it lands as a discount on the quote, and there is nothing for you to apply for.

    Income test
    None. No property value test either.
    Who lodges it
    Your installer. You do not lodge anything.
    The rate
    Steps down each year on a published schedule, so the same array is worth less the longer it waits.

    Source · Clean Energy Regulator

    OpenACT

    ACT Sustainable Household Scheme

    Up to $20,000 for new applicants from 1 July 2026, at 3% interest over up to 10 years. Households already in the scheme stay on the earlier $15,000 cap.

    It is a loan
    Not a rebate. You repay it, at 3% over up to 10 years, through the scheme's lender, Brighte. No establishment or account fees.
    Covers
    Batteries, EV chargers, reverse-cycle heating and cooling, hot water heat pumps, electric cooktops, ceiling insulation and electric vehicles.
    Does not cover solar
    Rooftop solar is not one of the scheme's four product categories. Several pages still say otherwise. If you hold a concession card, solar runs through the Home Energy Support Program instead.
    Land value
    At or below $750,000 for a house, townhouse or dual occupancy, or $300,000 for a unit-titled multi-storey apartment, in any year from 2022 onward, and it does not have to be this one.
    Also tested
    ACT resident who owns the home. Mandatory free 1-hour Everyday Climate Choices workshop. Brighte credit check. Property Unimproved Value under $750,000. Minimum loan $2,000, and the cap is cumulative across every product. It does not reset per product.
    Not on a new build
    A home counts as a new build if it has never been lived in and got its Certificate of Occupancy or Use in the last 12 months.

    Source · ACT Government

    OpenACT · concession card holders

    ACT Home Energy Support Program

    Half the installed cost back for households holding an eligible concession card, capped per category, with a zero-interest loan available for the rest. Distinct from the Sustainable Household Scheme: the two get conflated constantly.

    Rebate
    Half the installed cost, up to $2,500 per category and $5,000 per property.
    Loan
    Up to $10,000 at 0% interest.
    Covers
    Rooftop solar between 5.5kW and 8kW, reverse-cycle heating and cooling, hot water heat pumps and evacuated tube solar hot water, electric cooktops and ovens, and ceiling insulation.
    Batteries
    Not one of the rebate categories. The federal discount is the pathway for a battery.
    Eligible cards
    Services Australia Pensioner Concession Card, DVA Pensioner Concession Card, DVA Gold Card, Services Australia Health Care Card. The Commonwealth Seniors Health Card does not qualify, and it is the one people most often assume does.
    Order matters
    Approval has to be granted before anything is installed. Install first and the rebate is gone.

    Source · ACT Government

    ClosedACT · closed

    ACT Next Generation Energy Storage

    The ACT's own battery rebate, and the one people still come looking for. It is finished. The last installs under it were 31 March 2023.

    What replaced it
    Nothing, on the territory side. There is no ACT battery cash rebate today. Territory support for a battery is the Sustainable Household Scheme loan; the money off the price is federal.

    Source · ACT Government

    OpenNSW

    NSW Home Energy Saver loan

    A zero-interest loan of up to $15,000 towards approved upgrades: solar, batteries, hot water heat pumps, reverse-cycle air conditioning, insulation, cooktops, switchboard upgrades and EV chargers.

    Income
    Combined taxable household income up to $210,000.
    Ownership
    You have to own the property, as an owner-occupier or a landlord. A landlord confirms the tenant has agreed to the upgrade.
    Residency
    Australian citizen or permanent resident.
    Excluded
    Social or community housing property. Property used for short-stay rental accommodation. A property that has already had a full Home Energy Saver loan of upgrades.
    One per property
    $15,000 is the limit per property, per household, and the work goes through a supplier approved by the finance provider.

    Source · NSW Government

    Not open yetNSW · not yet open

    NSW Home Energy Saver discount

    A discount of up to $4,000 on the same list of upgrades, for lower-income households. Applications are not open.

    Signalled at
    Households with income up to $80,000, or holding an eligible concession card.
    Still unpublished
    Who qualifies, and how the discount interacts with the loan. NSW has said the guidelines are coming, and until they land we are not going to tell you who will get it.
    Order, when it opens
    NSW has suggested applying for the discount before the loan, so it is worth waiting to see the rules rather than borrowing first.

    Source · NSW Government

    Rates as at 29 July 2026

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    Official sources

    Our rebate finder uses eligibility criteria from the official program documents below. Visit them for full details and the latest updates.