Empowering Homes Program.

The Empowering Homes program is supported by the NSW Government. HCB is an approved supplier under the Empowering Homes program.

The program aims to deliver solar and batteries to 300,000 Households in NSW across 10 years through interest free solar and battery loans for eligible households. The initial Pilot is being rolled out in the Hunter Region with a wider NSW Rollout expected to follow.

The Empowering Homes program is supported by the NSW Government. HCB is an approved supplier under the Empowering Homes program.

What’s on offer?

The NSW Government will help homeowners in the Hunter region access interest-free loans to install solar battery systems.

These systems provide clean, renewable energy and can help you cut your energy bills.

Through this offer, you can get an interest-free loan of up to:

$14,000 towards a solar PV and battery system (repayable over a range of terms up to 8 years), or
$9000 towards retrofitting a battery system to an existing solar PV system (repayable over a range of terms up to 10 years).

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Eligibility

To qualify, you must:

live in one of these postcodes in the Hunter region
have a household income of no more than $180,000 per annum
own your grid-connected home, live in it and have the authority to install the system
satisfy the loan criteria.

The battery-only option is for homes with existing solar. This offer does not include solar-only options. Businesses and participants in the Solar for Low Income Households trial are not eligible.

Is this program right for you?

Your household is more likely to benefit from a solar battery system if you:

use a higher than average amount of electricity (more than 6,000 kilowatt hours a year)
use most of your electricity in the mornings and evenings
are on a time-of-use tariff with your electricity retailer or plan to switch to one
have already implemented other energy saving measures.