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In less than nine months, Australian households have installed more than 266,000 home batteries. ( ABC News: Briana Shepherd ) Changes to home battery rebates coming into effect today aim to ensure the scheme does not risk becoming a victim of its own success. Australians took to batteries in droves after the federal government introduced the Cheaper Home Batteries Program in last year's budget. In less than a year, Australia's residential battery capacity doubled. More than a quarter of a million units were installed across the country in the first nine months, adding around 7.7 gigawatt-hour