Why renters and low-income households are locked out of electrification savings.

Rewiring Australia's Calum joins ABC South West Victoria to talk about the new Rewiring Australia Home Energy Savings Report 2026

9 News covers Rewiring Australia research showing renters and low-income households miss out on the energy bill savings available to owner-occupiers who electrify.

New Rewiring Australia research finds renters and low-income households are locked out of up to $4300 a year in energy savings that owner-occupiers can access by electrifying their homes.

What they are defending is the right of a few very large, mostly foreign-owned gas companies to keep making enormous profits by making choices for you, choices we know damage your children’s health today and their future tomorrow.

#EXCLUSIVE: An Australian inventor has built an AI tool to guide you through the maze of energy options and help slash your household bills, providing relief for Aussies struggling with skyrocketing power prices. #9News

Kristen McDonald speaks with ABC Newcastle Breakfast about new NSW funding for community-led energy support.

A Rewiring Australia survey finds few home battery owners have joined virtual power plants, with loss of control and lack of trust holding them back.

Rewiring Australia's Calum joins ABC Radio Canberra Mornings to talk about balcony solar.

Go Electric Canberra opens registrations, crediting Rewiring Australia and Electrify Canberra volunteers for four years of community advocacy.

Rewiring Australia CEO Francis Vierboom joins The Daily Aus podcast to talk about Electric Saul and how households can make the switch.

Electric Future, working with Rewiring Australia and Electrify Canberra, will help up to 1,000 households in Canberra's south electrify their homes.

Banks is chosen for the $8.2 million Go Electric trial, with Rewiring Australia research showing households could save up to $5000 a year.

The federal government backs Go Electric Canberra, a trial for 1,000 households led by Electric Future and supported by Rewiring Australia.

The Electrify Australia campaign launch features on ABC The World Today, with a short grab from Saul Griffith.

Francis Vierboom on the Electrify Australia campaign and why helping farmers electrify is the durable answer to oil price shocks.

More than 30 organisations, including Rewiring Australia, launch the Electrify Australia campaign calling for stronger support for electric appliances, equipment and vehicles.

Kristen McDonald speaks with Craig Reucassel on ABC Sydney Breakfast about new NSW funding for community-led energy support.

The NSW Government is investing $4.7 million in 12 community and not-for-profit energy organisations, including Rewiring Australia, to help households cut their energy bills.

Australian experts share tips for cutting water heating costs and emissions, with a call out for Electric Saul.

Rewiring Australia analysis finds renters are paying $440 million to keep gas connected, and calls for landlords to cover gas connection charges.

Saul Griffith talks to John Stanley about Electric Saul, an AI tool trained on the context of Australian electricity.

US outlet Canary Media looks to Australia's free power program as a blueprint, with comment from Rewiring Australia founder Saul Griffith.

Kenyan news site Streamline covers the launch of Electric Saul, the free AI electrification planner from Rewiring Australia and Google.

Rewiring Australia launches Electric Saul, a free AI-powered tool that gives households personalised advice on getting off gas and going electric.

Francis Vierboom joins Breakfast with Melinda James to react to the business solar news, following Rewiring Australia's report released two weeks earlier.

Rewiring Australia CEO Francis Vierboom speaks to PM about the business solar upgrade, a new frontier many businesses will be keen to explore.

The Saturday Paper's coverage of the expanded renewables scheme links to Saul Griffith's essay on electrification.

Video interview with Rewiring Australia on how home electrification can help tackle Australia's energy crisis.

Charles Coppel writes about electrifying his home, inspired by Saul Griffith's The Big Switch, and recommends Rewiring Australia's guide to the home electrification process.

The gas industry has been accused of unleashing a “scare campaign” before the Victorian election as it pressures the state government to reverse a ban on gas in new homes.

We should be working towards a lowest-cost energy system that also rapidly addresses climate change. Fortunately, these things are no longer in conflict. A zero-emission, all-electric Australia is also going to be the lowest-cost energy system.

This sum­mer, people in parts of Aus­tralia and the U.K. are get­ting their elec­tri­city for free. And it's all thanks to renew­ables. Both coun­tries have so much wind and solar that surge into the grid reg­u­larly, it leaves the elec­tri­city sys­tem oper­at­ors with a good prob­lem: more power than they know what to do with.

This year's federal budget included an $11.9 billion National Fuel Security Plan; $3.2 billion of that is to physically stockpile diesel and jet fuel. But what if instead we worked out how to use less diesel? Frances Vierboom, chief executive of non-profit renewable advocacy group Rewiring Australia, said Australia had an obvious problem.

Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen said all states and territories had agreed to look at how plug-in solar and batteries could work in Australia to give apartment dwellers and renters more control over their bills.

Households could save about $2000 per year by using their car to power the home most of the time, according to Rewiring Australia analysis.