Documents regarding Cheaper Home Batteries program which contain the phrase "fraud"

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This FOI release comprises a February 2026 Additional Estimates brief from the Clean Energy Regulator (CER), part of the DCCEEW portfolio, covering compliance and investigations across its schemes. It addresses fraud in the Small-Scale Renewable Energy Scheme, including the Cheaper Home Battery Program, where the CER says it is applying similar proactive compliance measures. The brief lists 10 active SRES investigations as at 31 December 2025, recent convictions, two sets of matters before the courts (including 330 charges against a solar retailer and its associates, and six charges against an installer), and civil penalties totalling $240,000. It also covers Safeguard Mechanism and NGER matters, including an enforceable undertaking with Fitzroy (CQ) Pty Ltd for 546,906 surrendered carbon units. The release contains no EPBC Act, species or site-specific environmental assessment material.