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State Labor promises $5,000 home battery rebate to slash bills, soak up rooftop solar - One Step Off The Grid (onestepoffthegrid.com.au)

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Western Australian Labor has unveiled plans to slash the cost of home battery storage, with state government rebates of up to $5,000 per household, or $7,500 for households on the regional Horizon Power grid....

Eligible households would have up to 10 years to repay the no-interest loans of $10,000 or less....

Cook has also promised to invest $50 million of public money to a Battery Manufacturing Program of direct grants and low-interest loans to support the development of a home battery supply chain in the state.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Yep. Doesn't matter if you're the biggest redneck or the greenest hippy on the street the common factor is everyone wants the lights to stay on and they don't want to pay through the nose for it. Solar has already won, we can't even come close to touching it with any other tech.