❓ I refer to the WA Residential Battery Scheme to date, and I ask:(a) How many applications were made from the Geraldton electorate;(b) How many of these were successful;(c) What is the average claim fo
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6 May 2026
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Energy and Decarbonisation; Manufacturing; Skills and TAFE; Pilbara
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I refer to the WA Residential Battery Scheme to date, and I ask:(a) How many applications were made from the Geraldton electorate;(b) How many of these were successful;(c) What is the average claim for successful applicants;(d) Is there a local content provision of the rebate scheme;(e) What percentage of the rebates was delivered by local contractors in the Geraldton Electorate;(f) How is the rebate scheme monitored;(g) Who is responsible to inspect the completed installation of the batteries;(h) Are there any funds remaining in the rebate scheme at the end of financial year 2025-2026? How much;(i) If the scheme fund is not exhaustive what will happen with the remaining funds;(j) If the scheme fund is exhausted will there be further rebate schemes; and(k) What is the maximum kW of the battery system through the rebate scheme that can be connect to the SWIS in the Geraldton Electorate?
I refer to the WA Residential Battery Scheme to date, and I ask:
(a) How many applications were made from the Geraldton electorate;
(b) How many of these were successful;
(c) What is the average claim for successful applicants;
(d) Is there a local content provision of the rebate scheme;
(e) What percentage of the rebates was delivered by local contractors in the Geraldton Electorate;
(f) How is the rebate scheme monitored;
(g) Who is responsible to inspect the completed installation of the batteries;
(h) Are there any funds remaining in the rebate scheme at the end of financial year 2025-2026? How much;
(i) If the scheme fund is not exhaustive what will happen with the remaining funds;
(j) If the scheme fund is exhausted will there be further rebate schemes; and
(k) What is the maximum kW of the battery system through the rebate scheme that can be connect to the SWIS in the Geraldton Electorate?
I refer to the WA Residential Battery Scheme to date, and I ask:
(a) How many applications were made from the Geraldton electorate;
(b) How many of these were successful;
(c) What is the average claim for successful applicants;
(d) Is there a local content provision of the rebate scheme;
(e) What percentage of the rebates was delivered by local contractors in the Geraldton Electorate;
(f) How is the rebate scheme monitored;
(g) Who is responsible to inspect the completed installation of the batteries;
(h) Are there any funds remaining in the rebate scheme at the end of financial year 2025-2026? How much;
(i) If the scheme fund is not exhaustive what will happen with the remaining funds;
(j) If the scheme fund is exhausted will there be further rebate schemes; and
(k) What is the maximum kW of the battery system through the rebate scheme that can be connect to the SWIS in the Geraldton Electorate?
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Answered
10 June 2026
Responded by
Minister for Energy and Decarbonisation; Manufacturing; Skills and TAFE; Pilbara
Response time
9 days
(a – b) 302 applications have been made from within the Geraldton electorate.
(c) $1,280.43
(d – e) To be eligible to participate in the WA Residential Battery Scheme, battery retailers and installers must have a Western Australian address for their business. There are 16 battery retailers with WARBS applications from Geraldton.
(f – g) Safety compliance inspections are conducted on a sampling basis by Western Power.
(h – j) WARBS has been established with a funding allocation of $102.5 million for rebates and $200 million for no-interest loans. As at 19 May 2026, $24.4 million has been paid in rebate funding and $52.1 million in no-interest loans.
WARBS has been established to support payment of up to 100,000 rebates through to 30 June 2029.
(k)There is no limit on the size of battery that can be supported under WARBS. Battery installations are subject to usual network connection requirements.
(c) $1,280.43
(d – e) To be eligible to participate in the WA Residential Battery Scheme, battery retailers and installers must have a Western Australian address for their business. There are 16 battery retailers with WARBS applications from Geraldton.
(f – g) Safety compliance inspections are conducted on a sampling basis by Western Power.
(h – j) WARBS has been established with a funding allocation of $102.5 million for rebates and $200 million for no-interest loans. As at 19 May 2026, $24.4 million has been paid in rebate funding and $52.1 million in no-interest loans.
WARBS has been established to support payment of up to 100,000 rebates through to 30 June 2029.
(k)There is no limit on the size of battery that can be supported under WARBS. Battery installations are subject to usual network connection requirements.
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