• Launch Date: 1 July 2025
• Eligibility: Homeowners or renters with landlord permission
• System Size: Between 5kWh and 50kWh
• Subsidy: will be available as per usable capacity of the battery
• Compliance: Details to be confirmed and subsequent platform updates to be expected

• Follow local electrical/safety regulations
• Do not commission or activate systems before 1 July
• Take full IOV photos at each step
• Leave rough-in wiring disconnected
• For hybrid installs, consult the DNSP and manufacturer. When in doubt—don’t connect.

Here’s what we believe may be required for Battery STC claims under the upcoming scheme:

• Installer Selfies – at the start, middle, and end of installation
• Wide-Angle Photo – clear image of battery location including walls, windows, exits, smoke alarms, vents, and electrical fixtures
• Switchboard & Battery Signage – compliant with AS/NZS 5139
• Battery Compliance Label – showing make & model
• Smoke Alarm Photo – if required
• Battery STC Form – signed by both parties on or after installation
• Latest Electricity Bill
• CCEW – listing address, NMI, install date, and battery (post July 1st)
• DER Register Entry – with battery make/model, PV system and NMI
• Tax Invoice – must include ABN, customer name, install date, total, and GST
• Proof of Payment – matched to invoice

This checklist is subject to change pending CER finalisation. We’ll notify you immediately once confirmed.

✅ Take a tape measure
✅ What is a habitable room - bedroom, lounge, sunroom, inside the home
✅ Battery site risks: add bollards for vehicle protection, ensure BBQs, portable/in-situ gas cylinders at safe distance from battery and in compliance with AS/NZS5139 & AS/NZS3000
✅ Remember to update your installers mobile apps

• Do not commission batteries before 1 July to remain eligible for Battery STCs.
• Ensure your installers are accredited for battery installations. If not, please get them to contact SAA and get the ball rolling.
• Ensure your battery suppliers have the make and model listed on the CEC listing.
• Ensure you installers capture the requisite photos and take appropriate selfies.

Before Installation

• Switchboard (no battery connected)
• PV system if present (inverter & array)
• Installer selfie onsite

During Installation

• Tape-measured distance from battery to exits/habitable rooms
• Wide-angle/panoramic photo of battery site (include windows, exits, alarms)
• Installer selfie in action

After Installation

• Final installer selfie
• Switchboard with correct signage - PV and ES green stickers
• Battery compliance label (visible make/model)
• Smoke alarm (if required)
• Safety bollard installed (if required)

• Latest electricity bill (with NMI visible)
• CCEW including the battery, dated 1 July or later
• Birdseye site map with battery location and distances to rooms
• DER AEMO Registration Confirmation (battery, inverter, NMI)
• Tax invoice (with ABN, GST, install date)

• ❗ PRCs cannot be stacked with this rebate
• ❗ Rough-in is allowed before 1 July 2025, but:
  • No commissioning or final setup until on or after 1 July
  • Must take clear, staged photos to demonstrate compliance
• ❗ SAA daily installation limits:
  • Max 2 jobs/day, e.g.:
    • Two batteries, two solar systems, or one of each
• ❗ Commissioning cannot occur before 1 July
  • All Certificates of Electrical Safety must confirm date of commissioning
• ❗ IOV photos at each key stage are mandatory:
  • Rough-in
  • Pre-commissioning
  • Final setup (on/after 1 July)

• Battery and inverter must be listed on the CEC Approved Product List
• Installer must be SAA-accredited
• Installation must comply with AS/NZS 5139 and AS/NZS 3000
• Certificate of Compliance (CCEW) must:
  • Be dated 1 July 2025 or later
  • Include the statements:
    • “System has not been commissioned prior to 1 July 2025”
    • “All information provided is true and correct”

So, considering all of these restrictions, where can a battery be installed? The best options are outside of habitable rooms if there is a suitably non-combustible material (see below) between the battery and the habitable room. Other options include, a garage, laundry, or storage room if the appropriate clearances between windows, doors, and appliances are maintained. Ancillary buildings such as a shed could also be used, but care needs to be made when considering distance from the switchboard, cable sizing/voltage drop and the necessary battery clearance values.

Non-Combustible Barriers

Materials deemed suitably non-combustible based on AS 1530.1:

1. Brick or masonry block
2. Concrete
3. Compressed cement sheeting
4. Ceramic or terracotta tiles

When installing the battery on a wall shared with a habitable room that is made of combustible material (e.g. wood), a non-combustible barrier must be placed between the battery and the wall. This barrier must extend 600mm to each side of the battery and 900mm above the battery even if there is a corner or a roof (so that it wraps around the corner or ceiling). We also recommend adding a non-combustible barrier if the wall is shared with a staircase or main walkway, fore example, near the front door of the house.

For examples of non-combustible barrier installations and other important information, please see the GHD Battery Booster Installation Guide.

Outdoor Installation

Please note, if you are installing a battery outside, care needs to be taken to not install it in direct sunlight. This can either be on the southern wall of the building, beneath eaves, or a fabricated shroud assuming the necessary clearances (900mm from the top) are maintained. Excessive sunlight can bring the battery temperature out of its acceptable range, voiding the warranty and creating a potentially dangerous situation due to thermal runaway of the battery.

The Battery STC Scheme might be stackable with the NSW Peak Reduction Certificates (PRCs). This is contingent on rule changes by the NSW Government.
Currently not eligible.