The home battery lock-in you don’t (yet) know about
Australians are being encouraged to install “VPP capable” home batteries. But without basic consumer rights locked in, many will discover too late that they don’t really own what they’ve paid for.
Simon Hackett is a tech entrepreneur and early renewables investor. He is the founder of Energy Autopilot, a home energy management system currently in development. His proposal for open local control would apply to all vendors and platforms.
Australians are being encouraged to install “VPP capable” home batteries. But without basic consumer rights locked in, many will discover too late that they don’t really own what they’ve paid for.