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Batteries for Business Incentive: Explained
Lower your business’s operating costs and secure your energy supply with the new NSW Batteries for Businesses incentive.
This significant new financial initiative under the Peak Demand Reduction Scheme (PDRS) is designed to help commercial enterprises drastically reduce electricity costs and decrease reliance on the grid.
It provides a lucrative upfront discount for installing new commercial solar battery systems.
This subsidises your hardware and installation costs, making it easier and more cost-effective than ever to have SAE Group build a system that stores your own clean energy and safeguards your operations.
How it Works:
You don’t have to worry about chasing rebates after your system is installed. The incentive is applied directly as an upfront discount on your SAE Group installation quote.
As a fully accredited provider, our commercial energy experts handle the administrative heavy lifting.
We calculate your eligible discount based on the size of your required system, generate the backend certificates, and apply the savings directly to your invoice. You simply pay the reduced price.
The Benefits of the Business Incentive:
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Slash Operational Costs
Store the excess energy generated by your commercial solar system during the day and use it during expensive peak evening periods, drastically reducing your overhead. -
Keep The Power On
Protect your business from costly downtime. By having our team enable battery backup capabilities, you ensure critical operations continue running smoothly during grid blackouts.
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Fully Stackable Rewards:
For batteries up to 50 kWh, we can help you combine this commercial discount directly with the NSW VPP incentive. We install VPP-ready systems so you can receive your installation discount and get paid an upfront cash bonus. -
Support Net Zero
Bolster your brand's sustainability and ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) credentials by utilising clean, renewable storage.
What the Incentive Gives You & How Much You Can Save
The Batteries for Businesses incentive scales depending on the scope of your project.
Because the government wants to encourage holistic clean energy solutions, the discount is significantly larger if you bundle a battery with a new commercial solar array.
Depending on the energy solution SAE designs for you, expect substantial savings straight off your quote:
Battery + New Solar System
You could receive 30% to 40% off the total cost of installing your battery when our team installs it alongside a new or expanded commercial solar system.
Battery-Only Installation
If your business already has sufficient solar and you only need SAE to retro-fit a storage system, you can receive 20% to 30% off the installation cost of the battery.
Eligibility: Who Can Claim the Program?
To secure the incentive, your business and chosen battery setup must meet a few straightforward requirements, all of which SAE Group guarantees when we design your system:
Business Types:
The site must be a commercial premise (residential buildings and data centres are excluded).System Capacity:
The commercial battery size must fall between 20 kWh and 30 MWh.Approved Technology:
The battery must be on the Clean Energy Council’s (CEC) approved list.
SAE Group only supplies premium, CEC-approved hardware.Accredited Installation:
Systems under 200 kWh must be installed by a Solar Accreditation Australia (SAA) professional.
SAE Group’s in-house installers hold all required premium accreditations.First-Time Claim:
Your business must not have already used this specific discount to install a battery at this site.
How to Apply
Claiming the business discount is effortless when you partner with the right team. Here is how SAE Group’s process works:
Why Signing Up Sooner Maximises Your Savings
Government incentives are heavily tied to state energy targets.
As more businesses adopt commercial storage and the grid’s peak demand issues ease, these highly lucrative discounts are historically scaled back or phased out entirely.
By getting your quote and locking in your installation with SAE Group now, you secure the maximum possible 30-40% discount before funding pools diminish or the incentive rates are reduced.