Is Free Daytime Electricity Working?
Free daytime electricity is working. It is just not saving many people money yet.
The Solar Sharer Offer has moved household electricity use into the middle of the day, exactly as designed. At 11am, demand across Australia’s main grid now jumps by about 360 megawatts. Every…
Lenergy Review: Burradoo Solar
John Kane said no to a battery for years. When he first put solar on his north-facing home in Burradoo, he looked at a battery and decided against it. Then he did the sums on his gas bills, and everything changed. This Lenergy review tells his story: solar first, a battery late…
The Lenergy Offset Method: How a Canberra Home Cut a $5,000 Power Bill to $527
A Canberra homeowner was spending just over $5,000 a year on electricity. We got that down to $527. That is the Lenergy Offset Method, and they did it without spending a cent upfront.
Same money, different direction.
Instead of handing $5,000 a year to a retailer, they re…
Tesla VPP VS Amber: Which Suits Your Battery?
Tesla VPP vs Amber: same battery, same grid, two very different deals. One caps your risk and clips your earnings. The other hooks you up to the full market, meaning more potential savings but more exposure to losses.
Tesla is currently testing a new energy plan called…
Top 6 Ways to Lower Your Electricity Bill
You can lower your electricity bill without buying solar panels, without buying a battery, and in some cases without using less power at all.
We install solar and batteries for a living, so you would expect us to say solar is the answer to every high bill. For a lot of homes…
Will Solar Rebates Drop in 2027?
If you wait until January, a typical solar and battery install costs you about $1,174 more. The solar panel rebate drops on 1 January 2027. The battery rebate drops on the same day, then drops again on 1 July.
Nothing is being cancelled, the support just shrinks on a p…
How To Safely Shutdown and Restart Your Sigenergy SigenStor Battery System
This is a guide on how to shut down your Sigenergy SigenStor battery. The job is simple once you follow the order. This guide shows you how to shut down and repower a SigenStor, step by step, whether your system has an AC isolator or uses the Sigenergy gateway.
The whole job…
Australia to Set New Rules for Solar, Batteries and Inverters
Right now, an inverter approved in one state can be a problem in the next one over. Same product. Different rulebook. Different paperwork.
That’s being replaced with one national set of rules.
In September 2026, Australia’s energy ministers endorsed the Consumer Energy Na…
NSW Leads Push for Mandatory Solar Panel Recycling
NSW is moving on mandatory solar panel recycling. On 21 September 2026 the Government released a draft regulation that would make panel brand owners pay to collect and recycle their own products.
Not homeowners. The companies that sell the panels.
It is a proposal f…
How a Moss Vale Homeowner Went Fully Self-Sufficient with Solar and Battery
Harry Coomans’s Moss Vale home makes more power than it uses. He’s self sufficient, sitting in credit, and charging an electric car for next to nothing on a system that grew with his home. This is one homeowner’s honest Moss Vale solar review, and a look at what a solar and bat…
Can a CEC-Approved Battery Lose Approval After Installation?
On 15 September 2026, seven battery models lost their spot on the approved products list. A CEC approved battery is not approved for life. The listing is a live status. It can be suspended, and it can be pulled.
If your battery was installed before the suspension date, you a…
Solar for Renters: Are Plug-In Systems the Answer?
Solar for renters has sat in the too-hard basket for years. No roof of your own. No say over what goes on it. No simple way to cut a bill that keeps climbing.
That is starting to shift. Every state and territory has now agreed to work with the Commonwealth to make plug-in so…