Battery rebate calculator: Victoria
By Sithum Imarsha Last reviewed
A 13.5 kWh battery in Victoria gets about $3,367 off if it is installed between 1 May and 31 December 2026, and pays back in about 9.3 years at our default VIC rates.
Your result
Federal rebate
$3,367
13.5 weighted kWh × 6.8 = 91 STCs × $37
Batteries must be 5–100 kWh nominal.
- Price before rebate
- $12,150
- Cost after rebate
- $8,783
- Saving in year one
- $941
- Simple payback
- 9.3 years
- With battery wear
- 11 years
- Rates used
- 27.2c/kWh import
3c/kWh feed-in
Next change 1 January 2027. The same battery gets $2,812 (−$555).
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How we calculated this
- The rebate is the certificates (STCs) the battery earns, times the certificate price.
- The certificates come from the usable capacity that counts and the factor for the install date.
- Payback divides the cost after the rebate by the first-year saving at the electricity rates on this page.
Check the battery qualifies
13.5 kWh qualifiesdoes not qualify
Find the STC factor
May – Dec 2026: 6.8
Weight the capacity
13.5 kWh
Count the certificates
91 STCs(not eligible)
Value the certificates
91 × $37 = $3,367
Work out payback
$8,783 ÷ $941 = 9.3 years
This version starts with our default Victorian rates. Victoria has had no minimum feed-in tariff since 1 July 2025, so type the feed-in rate from your own bill.
Battery schemes in Victoria
Solar Homes Program solar battery loans
Loan · Closed · Solar Victoria
Solar Victoria is no longer taking applications for interest-free loans for a solar battery system. Its old battery rebate page now redirects to the loan page, and that page points to the federal Cheaper Home Batteries Program.
Source: Solar Victoria, Solar battery loan page, updated 16 April 2026
Official source. Checked 1 October 2026.
We found no battery scheme in Victoria that was open to new applications when we looked on 1 October 2026. The federal discount is the only one we found.
What else matters for a battery in Victoria
Feed-in tariff in Victoria
No minimum since 1 July 2025. The Essential Services Commission stopped setting one, so retailers set their own, and it can be 0c.
Source: Essential Services Commission, minimum feed-in tariff page (archived copy 8 Sep 2026) (Official source). Checked 24 September 2026.
Victoria Premium Feed-in Tariff
The Victoria Premium Feed-in Tariff ended on 1 November 2024.
Source: energy.vic.gov.au (archived copy 7 May 2026) (Official source). Checked 24 September 2026.
Midday Power Saver
The Midday Power Saver started on 1 October 2026. It is a plan you ask your retailer for. It gives free power from 11am to 2pm every day, up to 24 kWh a day, on all 5 networks in Victoria: AusNet Services, CitiPower, Jemena, Powercor and United Energy.
Source: Midday Power Saver Pricing Order 2026 (Victoria Government Gazette S 498, 8 September 2026), Schedule 2 and clause 12; ESC Victorian Midday Power Saver page (Official source). Checked 1 October 2026.
On that plan, a battery that can charge from the grid can charge in those free hours. The Midday Power Saver Calculator Victoria works out what that is worth for your home.
| Usable size | Saving in year one | Simple payback | Payback with battery wear |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 kWh | $348 | 9.3 years | 11 years |
| 8 kWh | $558 | 9.3 years | 11 years |
| 10 kWh | $697 | 9.3 years | 11 years |
| 13.5 kWh | $941 | 9.3 years | 11 years |
| 16 kWh | $1,115 | 9.5 years | 11 years |
| 20 kWh | $1,394 | 9.8 years | 11 years |
| 30 kWh | $2,091 | 10.2 years | 12 years |
| 40 kWh | $2,788 | 10.7 years | 12 years |
Each row is for a battery installed between 1 May and 31 December 2026, at our default price of $900 per usable kWh before the rebate. Each row assumes 0.8 cycles a day, 90% round-trip efficiency and 2% battery wear a year: the defaults of the calculator on this page. Our default VIC rates are 27.2c/kWh to buy power (Dated third-party source: Canstar market average, 4 Sep 2026 (our mean of its five Victorian network rows)) and 3c/kWh for the solar you export (Estimate: WattMaths rounded pick. EnergyPlans (July 2026) lists retailer feed-in rates, not one state figure). Victoria has the fifth highest first-year saving of the 7 states and territories in our calculator, each at its default rates.
New to the rebate? Read the full guide on the main battery rebate calculator.
Questions
Is there still a Victorian battery rebate?
No Victorian battery rebate found when we looked on 1 October 2026. Solar Victoria is no longer taking applications for interest-free loans for a solar battery system. Its old battery rebate page now redirects to the loan page, and that page points to the federal Cheaper Home Batteries Program. The federal discount is the only one we found. This calculator shows it at Victorian rates.