For tenants, the analysis showed that expenditure on electricity was reduced by the installation of the solar battery systems. There were also some unexpected insights into how the systems were used and the impacts on disconnections from the grid.
The cohort of public housing tenants in the trial were also observed to use a very large amount of electricity, far more than the national average.
Read more findings in the full report.
You can also read the full Lessons learnt report on the trial here.