On the 12th of April 2019, an email was sent to anyone registered to receive news updates about the Solar Homes Program (the Victorian State Government program that offers rebates for Solar PV and Solar Hot Water). This email provides important news about the availability of the Solar PV rebate. Here are some of the […]
Solar PV rebates are almost fully subscribed
The Victorian State Government announced on 9 April 2019 that the Solar Homes Program has been immensely successful with the 10,000th solar panels rebate being paid this week. Due to the success of the program, the State Government stated that “the Solar Panels rebate is almost fully-subscribed for this financial year – only 2,000 more solar panel […]
MASH customers’ positive feedback
Householders getting rooftop solar installed through the MASH & Hepburn Community Solar Bulk-Buys in March and April 2019 had some positive feedback on the quality of their installations: The solar installers did a good job on the day, installing our new 2.97kW solar PV system through the MASH community solar bulk-buy. They turned up early, […]
Less paperwork for Solar Rebate
There’s some good news for householders applying for the Solar Homes Rebate – the paperwork requirements have been reduced. Solar Victoria, the organisation responsible for administering the rebate, has announced that they have cut back the number of supporting documents that need to be included with a rebate application from eight to just three. Here’s […]
New rules coming in to lift solar standards
The Andrews Government announced on 22 March 2019 that From 1 July 2019, Victoria’s top 150 solar retailers (based on the total number of systems they’ve installed under the Solar Homes program) will have to be approved under the Clean Energy Council’s Solar Retailer Code of Conduct if they want to continue to take part in the Solar […]
Energy Matters customers – important update about warranties
Flex, a Fortune 500 company with operations in 30 countries – and the parent company of Energy Matters (the supplier for MASH round 2, 3.2 and 4 as well as the first round of the Hepburn Solar Bulk-Buy) – announced on 12/3/2019 that they have appointed Skybridge, a national third party provider of field service […]
