Home batteries reshape Australia's national electricity market

Small-scale behind-the-meter storage is beginning to reshape peak demand in the Australian National Electricity Market (NEM), raising the prospect of a "Bactrian camel curve" in which evening load is split. Within six months of Australia's Cheaper Home Batteries Program, small-scale storage capacity could supply up to half the peak output of the Eraring coal-fired power station.From pv magazine Australia Launched in July 2025, Australia's federal Cheaper Home Batteries Program (CHBP) is designed to cut the upfront cost of home battery energy storage systems (BESS) and accelerate behind-the-meter ...

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