The Australian Government’s Cheaper Home Batteries program has nearly tripled Australia’s household battery capacity in just eight months. I pulled publicly available data from the Clean Energy Regulator and Energy Consumers Australia to dig into what’s actually happening — where the batteries are being installed, who’s buying them, why, and what it all means for electricity bills and the grid. I also built an interactive postcode-level map so you can explore the data yourself.
Some of the findings are surprising. Average postcode income has no correlation with battery uptake. People are buying batteries roughly double the size they were before the rebate. And while nearly 60% of survey respondents say they’re interested in joining a virtual power plant, fewer than 10% of battery owners actually have — a gap that’s already reshaping AEMO’s long-term plans for how much grid-scale storage Australia will need.
Read the full analysis on Energy x AI, my newsletter covering AI infrastructure, Australian energy regulation, and the intersection of the two.
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