In its state budget, the Andrews Government made an announcement regarding the extension of the Solar Homes program in Victoria and some updates done to it. The budget provides more than $42 million in funding to help households that are not in a good financial condition by installing solar panels and batteries.

Though most of the program remains the same, there are some amendments done to the battery subsidy.

What’s Changed & What’s Not Changed!

Solar Panels: As per the reports, the solar panel subsidy level remains the same and stays maintained at a $1,400 point-of-sale subsidy on every solar system purchase for this year.

Solar Victoria announced that 64,000 subsidies will be available for both owner occupied and rental households that are interested in going solar by installing solar PV systems in the financial year 2022-23.

Solar Battery: In the updated version of the Solar Homes program, solar batteries will witness a significant subsidy reduction. The current program provides a point of sale discount that goes maximum to $3,500, but the new one will drop the discount to a maximum of $2,950.

This reduction in rebate came after a slight drop in the market price of batteries. But there are other rebates too that you can apply for, bringing the total for 2022-23 to 5,200.

Ever since the inception of the Solar Homes program in 2018, more than 193,000 homes have received support for installing solar-powered systems, solar water heaters and solar batteries.

Stan Krpan, CEO of Solar Victoria, said the Solar Homes program has been continued to deliver energy benefits to the community. With this, we can power Victoria’s transition to a renewable and clean energy future.

Not only this, the program provides greater access to various subsidies and solar loans available for both households and businesses. Solar Homes program is expected to support up to 40 per cent target for renewable energy for Victoria by 2025, with household PVs generating up to 12.5 per cent of the total expectation.

Victoria currently leads the nation with an early investment in renewables and continues to drive down the energy bills and create thousands of new jobs in the solar sector.

If you want to get your residential or commercial solar panels installed under the Solar Homes Program, feel free to contact us for a consultation and no-obligation quote.

Online Air & Solar
Online Air & Solar
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December 14, 2022.
Fantastic work been done at my place today. Very professional job they have delivered and they are happy to answer all your questions if you are not sure about. Very high recommend to anyone looking for solar job be done with confident.
David Mile
David Mile
December 7, 2022.
Despite some technical issues and delays, my experience dealing with people was always present and professional.
Ian A
Ian A
December 1, 2022.
They did a fantastic job with the installation and showed us how to get the mobile app working and explained everything perfectly. They took all the packaging away so we didn’t need to dispose of anything and even vacuumed up after they finished and everything was installed very neatly. Considering the amount of work required on the roof, only two roof tiles broke but they replaced them with new ones and even left us a couple of spares. Overall we’re very happy with the job they did.
Kim Barter
Kim Barter
December 1, 2022.
Had the pre installed check yesterday, lovely chap inspected our place, did a good job and look forward to the install. They did also installed a unit on the house next door and they were happy with the work.
Rob S
Rob S
November 17, 2022.
The team arrived on time as communicated with me, performed a fantastic solar install and explained the system. Highly recommended!
Colin Power
Colin Power
November 15, 2022.
Great service, everyone was friendly and helpful. The installation was smooth and they did an excellent job. Will highly recommend to all my friends and family. And to anyone looking for a solar system I highly recommend Online Air & Solar
Karen Oliver
Karen Oliver
November 15, 2022.
The team from Online Air and Solar were really terrific They arrived when they said they would and worked with the rather trying weather conditions to get the job done and were so polite and professional throughout the entire process and very neat and tidy also I am very pleased with the work they have done and have even already recommended them to my sister who is looking at having similar work done and will happily recommend them to anyone else
Chiskins
Chiskins
November 12, 2022.
Brett and his team turned up on time, we had a quick discussion on how the installation process would play out and where I would like the inverters and cables leading to them. Following their departure there was no trace of them being here, everything was left clean and tidy. I would highly recommend them.
Brett Tisdale
Brett Tisdale
November 7, 2022.
So professional we are very happy. We were stepped through the whole process and everything was done as we were advised. They even called our energy provider so we didn't have to follow up on anything ourselves. The installer who did the install cleaned up afterwards and took all the rubbish with him. So happy it was such an awesome experience to have professional people sort it all out for us. Would give them 10 stars if I could.