Thousands of act households should have solar panels and battery systems installed under the national government’s social housing initiative (Shepi).
12.9 million US dollars were planned for the new Shepi project in the area in which the systems are connected to a virtual power plant (VPP), which will also help to reduce the wider network.
This latest initiative is the next phase Assisting Act Social Housing resident with its energy bills. After the electrification and insulation work, which was completed and financed by Shepi and Home Energy Support Program for the law. In November 2023, the Australian government announced 7.2 million US dollars for financing and the ACT government provided 28 million dollars.
At this point there is not much information about the hookers and screws of the systems, the type of VPP or the arrangement with tenants. Like many houses, solar collectors and batteries are not really clear.
The announcement of the Ministry of Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Water (DCCEEW) mentions that “up to 7,500 households in the capital of the country of Bill Betting Energy Upgrades” and then immediately add the $ 12.9 million for “thousands” of real estate to have installed solar and storage. I am a bit confused about it (and some of the others report about it) because:
USD 12.9 million / 7,500 = USD 1,720 per property.
The ACT government also has to divide a large part of cash if good solar and battery storage systems of decent size are to be installed for so many households. Or maybe it is far less, but still in the “thousands”; Also with act-co contribution. In both cases, the financial contribution of the law of state financial contribution to the solar and battery project and whether this was from its initial investment was not mentioned.
What has been mentioned is that the ACT government will provide a stronger weighting for products for the program produced by Australia. There is not much choice there – Hello Tindo for solar collectors? Good panels, but rather expensive. It also depends on what is defined as “Australian”. It will be interesting how the Bang-for-Buck is balanced with “Aussie, Aussie, Aussie”.
More about Shepi
The initiative for the energy performance for social housing was originally financed with the Commonwealth with $ 300 million in order to grant around 60,000 houses in the amount of around 60,000 houses as part of the budget of the Albanese government in the budget from 2023-24 in the budget of 2023-24 in the budget of around 60,000 houses offer.
On November 30, 2024, the government dropped a further $ 500 million in the pot, which will be spent over 4 years from 2025 to 26. Bring the entire Commonwealth financing to 800 million US dollars. Shepi is now expected to reach more than 100,000 social housing all over Australia and run until 2029.
Apart from solar power systems and now at home batteries, the Shepi activities belonged:
- Thermal shells upgrades (e.g. shading and insulation).
- Installation of energy-efficient devices such as heating, cooling and hot water systems, stoves and hobs.
So far the number of houses that are or should be upgraded in every condition:
- Act: ~ 7,500 (? – originally 5,000)
- NSW: up to 24,000
- Nt: ~ 625
- QLD: ~ 32,000
- With: ~ 3,500
- This: ~ 1,600
- Vic: ~ 5,000
- WA: ~ 4.350
… and there must be more to bring the total to the 100,000 mark.
Shepi is a co -financing agreement, whereby the Commonwealth corresponds to up to 50% of the total costs. The financing of Commonwealth only needs to be used for investment expenditure and not for administrative costs. As part of the Shepi extension, some states and areas will build on their existing programs, while other new pilot programs will start that will scale and expand over time.
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