With the state ban on new gas connections in homes and businesses, Victorians are snapping up the $1,000 rebate for installing a heat pump hot water system in record numbers.

Stuart White discharged power to the grid from his Nissan Leaf via a bidirectional charger, while having a swim and a beer on holidays on the other side of Australia.

AusNet will take the lion's share of the projects of Victoria's first round of funding under the beefed-up $42.2 million neighbourhood battery program.

Australians living further away from cities see the benefit of EVs that reduce their fuel costs and allow them to go camping or boating on weekends.

Developers are locking customers into ‘embedded energy’ networks they can’t escape from for years.