How David Cut His Electricity Bills With Solar Battery Storage
In 2023, David Duncan opened a power bill for over $3,000 in a single quarter. His most recent bill was $58. That’s thousands in solar battery savings.
David and his family live near Trangie, in western NSW. Solar on its own halved their bills. The battery did the rest…
Mike’s Solar and Battery Savings Are $11,000 a Year
Mike Chapman’s power bills used to sit at about $12,000 a year. Now he pays $900. That’s close to $11,000 a year of solar and battery savings.
Mike runs a demanding home in Wildes Meadow, in the Southern Highlands, and he did his homework before he committed. Here is h…
How Colin Runs His Air Conditioner With Solar Power
Colin was on the fence about a solar and battery setup. Then he told us something that decided it all “If we had the solar panels and the battery, I knew I’d use the air conditioning rather than be a tight arse.” So here’s how he runs his air conditioner with solar power and ho…
Steven Reduced His Electricity Bill to $5 a Month
Steven Bell’s electricity bill is now $5 a month. “My direct debit on electricity now is $5 a month, which is the lowest it can go,” he says. He lives in Port Kembla, runs a heavy-usage household, and had solar on the roof well before he added a battery. The solar battery stora…
How Helen Cut Her Shocking Electricity Bill
Helen has lived in the same village for close on 40 years. Welby, in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales. It is her home forever, and she is not moving anywhere. What changed was her power bill. It was a shock every month, and it kept getting worse. So she took action, an…
How Kim’s Solar Powers His EV for $50 a Month
About $50 a month. That is what it costs Kim Leevers to run his electric car. He charges it at home in Renwick, in the Southern Highlands, using solar powered EV charging from his own roof and battery. No petrol station. No fuel bill. Just a steady, low running cost he can coun…
From Blackouts to Battery Backup: Peter’s Story
Peter Dymond has had solar for years. He never had a solar battery. The maths never worked.
He lives at Lakesland, near Picton, right at the end of the power line. Storms roll through and his street is often one of the first to lose power and one of the last to get it back…
Peter From the Southern Highlands Stopped Paying $570 Bills With Solar
Peter Lee was spending about $570 a quarter for power. Now he pays nothing. Peter is a science teacher in Glenquarry, a farming pocket about ten minutes from Bowral, and he had wanted solar for years. One thing held him back: the fear of getting ripped off. This is his story wi…