Home battery scheme off to sluggish start in SA

[davidc4430]

Home battery scheme off to sluggish start in SA, despite $6,000 subsidy

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-10-31/slow-start-for-sa-home-battery-subsidy-scheme/11654962

even with the subsidy batteries are still very expensive for the average home owner.

i had solar panels installed a few years ago but only because the price has fallen a lot and with govt subsidies it became just within my budget.

i was lucky i had bought into the telstra shares when they were first brought out, only the basic allotment tho.

then i sat on them. i had no idea how to sell them.

anyway, at the time i was looking longingly at the idea of solar panels and was well short of the cash required telstra sent me a letter offering to buy back my shares at better than market value.

so i took their offer and it almost covered the cost of my solar panels.

id love a battery but cant see me ever having the up front cash to buy one.

they should do a deal where you get a battery and pay it off with the money your not handing the energy company every 1/4

[chameleon54]

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@davidc4430 wrote:

Home battery scheme off to sluggish start in SA, despite $6,000 subsidy

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-10-31/slow-start-for-sa-home-battery-subsidy-scheme/11654962

even with the subsidy batteries are still very expensive for the average home owner.

i had solar panels installed a few years ago but only because the price has fallen a lot and with govt subsidies it became just within my budget.

i was lucky i had bought into the telstra shares when they were first brought out, only the basic allotment tho.

then i sat on them. i had no idea how to sell them.

anyway, at the time i was looking longingly at the idea of solar panels and was well short of the cash required telstra sent me a letter offering to buy back my shares at better than market value.

so i took their offer and it almost covered the cost of my solar panels.

id love a battery but cant see me ever having the up front cash to buy one.

they should do a deal where you get a battery and pay it off with the money your not handing the energy company every 1/4

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Thats actually a really good idea and could work very well.