Canberra’s small-scale battery discount stops at 100 kWh. NSW’s workplace voucher goes to 30 MWh.
Two published programs. Two size bands. A warehouse that wants a bigger box is not on the small-scale page.
Think of two ticket windows at the same station. Same trains. Different tickets. Someone will slide you the federal flyer and call it the workplace deal. Read the size line first.
The federal Cheaper Home Batteries program — the name is a house name — covers households and small businesses. Published band: 5 kWh to 100 kWh nominal. The government page says around 30 percent, delivered through small-scale technology certificates. That paper trades. Installs from 1 July 2025 sit on the current note.
NSW’s workplace voucher is a different counter. Published band: 20 kWh to 30 MWh, from 1 September 2026. Houses and big computer halls sit outside it. The cut is a range. We already wrote that story.
Good: both have public pages. A buyer can point.
Bad: a 40 kWh pack can sit in both windows. A 400 kWh pack does not sit on the federal small-scale page. Wrong window, wrong ticket.
Ugly: stacking the two is a rules question. We will not invent the stack, or your payback, from a pair of brochures.
Take the size of the box to the page that matches it. Then take the quote.
Sources: energy.gov.au, Cheaper Home Batteries Program; NSW Energy, Batteries for businesses incentive. Published size bands restated. No site payback on this page.