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Prices
- How to read a hot water quote before you sign What a complete quote shows, why a unit price is not an installed price, and the five lines worth asking for.
- Replacing gas hot water with a heat pump Why the switch earns a smaller discount than replacing electric, Victoria's 2027 rule, and the electrical work to budget for.
- Hot water system replacement cost Installed prices and running costs by system type in 2026, what size you need, and what pushes a quote up.
Rebates
- Heat pump cost in Victoria after rebates A worked example: one quote, with the Victorian Energy Upgrades discount and the Solar Victoria rebate applied in order.
- Heat pump price by state, after rebates The same heat pump in VIC, NSW, SA and QLD: what each state takes off in 2026 and which schemes have closed.
- Hot water rebates by state What each state takes off the price of a new system, and which programs have closed.
- Victoria's hot water rebates The Solar Victoria rebate and the Victorian Energy Upgrades discount, who qualifies, and how they stack.
- The NSW heat pump hot water discount How much the Energy Savings Scheme takes off, and why replacing gas gets you less than replacing electric.
- South Australian hot water offers Why REPS has no fixed amount, and what to ask energy retailers instead.
- Queensland hot water rebates The state appliance rebate has closed. What that means, and what is still available.
Rules
- No hot water in a rental: a 48-hour checklist What to send and when, a notice you can copy, and how to claim the cost back in Victoria and NSW.
- Tempering valves and the delivery temperature rule Why tank water is stored hot but mixed down before it reaches a bathroom, and what the valve does.
- Landlord hot water obligations The urgent repair rules in Victoria and NSW, side by side, with spending caps and repayment times.
- Victoria's 2027 gas hot water rule When a gas hot water system in a Victorian home dies for good, an efficient electric one has to go in. Who it applies to and what helps.