Benefits of community batteries
- Allows more rooftop solar and electric devices such as electric vehicle chargers to be connected without expensive network upgrades.
- Strengthens the grid and reduces the need to limit (curtail) solar exports. This helps customers maximise their solar investment.
- Helps explore new models that share more electricity produced from solar panels within the local area, including to households without solar panels.
- Creates a positive impact on wholesale electricity prices that could eventually flow through to reduced retail electricity prices.
- Helps to regulate voltage on the network and improves network quality in the local area.
- Reduces reliance on traditional poles and wires investment and helps lower network costs.
- Access to an online information hub where the community can see how much energy was stored and used daily.