Our Mission

Every evening between 5pm and 8pm, something troubling happens across Australia's energy grid. Coal generation surges by more than 100%.

But there's a solution. One that reduces these emissions and can save you money: home batteries storing midday sunshine for evening power.

But from 1 July 2025, legislation changed. Retailers are now only required to offer a minimum of $0.00 per kilowatt-hour for solar exports. Victoria's regulated minimum dropped from 3.3 cents to just 0.04 cents - a 99% reduction. Most retailers across Australia now pay just 1 to 2 cents for your daytime solar exports, if anything at all.

Meanwhile, those same retailers charge you 26 to 35 cents per kilowatt-hour to buy electricity back from the grid during evening peak hours.

Think about that: you're effectively giving away your solar energy for 1 cent, only to buy it back the same evening for 30 cents. With a battery, you store that midday sunshine yourself and use it when electricity is most expensive, capturing the full value of your solar generation rather than practically giving it away.

The problem isn't that batteries don't make sense - in most cases, they absolutely do. The challenge is that the path to getting one is unnecessarily confusing, and the support needed to maximise their value simply doesn't exist.

That's why BatteryIQ exists.

Five years ago, I became an early adopter of home battery technology. Like many Australians, I was excited about the possibility of energy independence, lower bills, and reducing my environmental impact. I had solar panels, I cared about the environment, and a battery seemed like the natural next step.

But the reality was far more complex than I anticipated.

Over the years, our household evolved. We added two electric vehicles. We upgraded to three-phase power during a renovation. Our energy needs changed, our household grew, and suddenly the battery system that seemed perfect at installation wasn't delivering what we'd hoped for.

I made mistakes along the way - purchasing decisions I'd revise if I could do it again, configurations that weren't quite right, power plans that weren't optimised for our setup. I learnt that some circuits were draining the battery when they shouldn't. I discovered my power plan offered free electricity at certain times, but my battery wasn't configured to take advantage of it. I realised that what tradespeople don't always know can cost you thousands in lost savings over the life of your system.

Here's what struck me most: if I (someone deeply interested in this space, willing to invest time learning, and with the resources to experiment) found it this confusing, how could we expect average Australian families to navigate it successfully?

The current market offers two deeply flawed options:

Neither model solves the real problem: helping Australian families make an informed decision, get the right system properly configured, and then ensuring it continues to deliver value over the decades ahead.

This isn't just about individual households saving money, though that matters tremendously. It's about collectively solving one of Australia's most pressing energy challenges.

Home batteries aren't just a financial decision - they're a climate solution we can implement today, with technology that already works, creating measurable impact on Australia's energy transition.

With the dramatic changes to feed-in tariffs and the clear financial case for storing rather than exporting your solar, batteries make sense for most Australian households with solar panels. But "most" isn't "all", and making a $10,000-$15,000 investment based on assumptions rather than evidence is risky.

BatteryIQ exists to prove it to you - really, really clearly.

We're currently developing an intelligent algorithm and calculator that will help Australian families navigate the complex decisions around home battery storage. We're building something fundamentally different from what exists today - a tool and service that provides accurate, personalised guidance based on your specific situation, not generic estimates that leave you guessing.

We're taking the time to build this properly because the decisions are too important, and the investment too significant, to rush. We're not interested in being another lead aggregator selling your details. We're building a trusted service that takes responsibility for helping Australian families make informed decisions and achieve genuine outcomes.