Is a home battery worth it in 2026?

With the federal battery rebate the maths changed. Here is when a battery pays for itself and when it does not.

Without a battery a typical household uses about 40% of its solar and exports the rest for around 2c a kWh. With a battery that share rises to about 75%.

The rebate The battery rebate is about $280 per kWh of storage, up to 50 kWh, and we take it straight off the quote.

When it pays If you are out during the day and run the air-con, oven and pool pump in the evening, the extra self-use saves around 31c for every kWh you keep.

“A 10 kWh battery on a 6.6 kW system usually adds two to three years to the payback, but roughly doubles what you save each year.”

When it does not If someone is home all day and already uses most of the solar, start without one. Every inverter we fit can take a battery later.