AGL offers extra $1000 towards installing home battery scheme
Customers will get an extra $1000 back when they buy a home battery in an incentive scheme by AGL.
Households will be offered an extra $1000 toward installing a home battery in a deal being announced by AGL on Wednesday.
The incentive will be on top of the State Government subsidy, taking the total available to $7000 for households in the Adelaide metropolitan area.
The government’s Home Battery Scheme aims to make extended use of household solar panels and reduce peak electricity demand in the system.
Households taking up the AGL offer will be connected to the company’s $20 million virtual power plant — a network of linked batteries which can be used to smooth energy use.
“This new offer helps customers to unlock more value from their significant investments in solar energy systems and to increase their use of solar energy to help lower energy bills,” AGL general manager distributed energy Dominique Van Den Berg said.
“The launch is consistent with our objective of delivering smart solutions to meet the growth in customer demand for residential batteries.”
Initially, the offer will be available only for Tesla or LG Chem and SolarEdge’s StorEdge energy storage systems.
AGL expects to widen the range of eligible products in the future.