What should solar and a battery cost in Melbourne?

These are general ranges, built from Verified Solar's own installer pricing. Battery prices are installed and already include the federal Cheaper Home Batteries discount.

Prices as at 21 August 2026. Three-phase homes usually need different hardware, so the installer prices those individually. Storage above 50 kWh sits outside the federal discount.

Solar on its own: about $800 to $1,100 per kW, covering panels, racking and the inverter. A 6.6 kW system works out at roughly $5,280 to $7,260.

Solar added alongside a battery: about $400 to $750 per kW. It is lower because the battery's hybrid inverter runs the panels too, so the inverter is already in the battery price. As an example, 6.6 kW of panels with a 13 kWh battery comes to roughly $11,190 to $15,875 all up.

The right size depends on your bill, when you use power and your roof, not on the postcode. Ray sizes it from your actual usage and gives you the range for that system.

The Solar Homes Program offers a rebate of up to $1,400 on solar panels, plus an optional interest-free loan for the same amount. Combined household taxable income must be $150,000 or less, a limit that tightened on 1 July 2026.

There is no Victorian battery rebate or battery loan at the moment. The battery loan option closed in 2025, so the federal discount is the only battery support.

The federal programs apply in full: the Cheaper Home Batteries discount on the battery, and small-scale technology certificates (STCs) on the panels. Your installer claims both and takes them off the quote, so you never apply for them yourself.

The battery discount can only be claimed once per property. Spend it on a system that is too small and it is spent, so the size decision is worth getting right the first time.

Incentives last checked 14 August 2026. Programs change and funding can run out.

Victoria has its own version of free midday power, the Midday Power Saver, from October 2026. Eligible plans give free electricity in the middle of the day, which a battery can use to charge at no energy charge.

The catch: retailers can recover the cost through higher rates outside the free window, and the saving only shows up if you shift usage into it.

Homes in Melbourne are on the United Energy, Jemena, AusNet Services, CitiPower and Powercor networks, depending on the suburb. Your network approves how much power a new system is allowed to send back to the grid, and your installer handles that application as part of the job.

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Ray sizes your system and explains the rebates anywhere in Australia. Where a verified installer covers your postcode, he introduces one. Where none does yet, he tells you plainly and lets you know when one does. How it works.