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Cheaper Home Batteries - safety and inspections

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Status: Answered, finished
Asked by: Senator the Hon. Matthew Canavan
Portfolio: Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Agency: Clean Energy Regulator
Round: 2026-27 Budget estimates
Question No: SQ26-000682
Asked: 8 June 2026
Answer due: 16 July 2026

Question

1. Please provide the total number of battery installations supported under Commonwealth battery programs to date, broken down by state and territory, program, system size and installation date. 2. Please provide the number of inspections undertaken to date, broken down by state and territory and month. 3. Please provide the number and percentage of inspected installations assessed as: a. compliant; b. substandard; c. unsafe; d. requiring rectification; e. subject to enforcement action. 4. Please explain why no inspections had occurred in the ACT, Tasmania or the Northern Territory at the time of the hearing, and provide the planned inspection schedule for those jurisdictions. 5. Please provide the total funding allocated to battery inspection and compliance activities and the number of inspectors contracted or engaged.

Answer

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