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Find answers to frequently asked questions about switching your home from gas to all-electric.

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About electrification

Electrification means replacing the gas appliances in your home with modern electric alternatives, often powered by renewable energy like solar. This can include:

  • heat pump hot water systems
  • split system heating and cooling
  • induction cooktops
  • rooftop solar and batteries
  • electric vehicles and home charging.

Switching to an all-electric home is better for the environment, can help lower your energy bills and often makes your home healthier and more comfortable. By going electric, you’re also helping Victoria move towards a cleaner, more sustainable energy future.

You don’t need to replace all your appliances at once. Some households electrify appliance by appliance, while others switch them all in one go. If you’re not ready to go fully electric yet, our team can help you decide where to start and create a pathway that fits your home, budget and timing.

Most homes use gas for hot water, heating and cooking, so these are usually the best places to start when electrifying your home.

  • Hot water: Replacing a gas hot water system with an electric heat pump hot water system is one of the most impactful upgrades you can make. Heat pumps are highly efficient and use significantly less energy than traditional gas systems.
  • Heating and cooling: Efficient electric systems like split system air conditioners can heat and cool your home. They’re far more energy efficient than gas heaters, provide better temperature control and can improve comfort year-round.
  • Cooking: Gas stoves can be replaced with sleek, electric induction cooktops, which heat faster, are easier to clean and create a healthier indoor environment by removing gas from the kitchen.
  • Solar and battery: While solar panels and batteries are not required to move away from gas, many households choose to add them to power their electric home with renewable solar energy and reduce reliance on the grid.
  • Electric vehicle: An electric powered car can complete the transition to an all electric lifestyle. It can be cheaper and more convenient to charge at home, especially when using solar power, compared to refuelling a petrol or diesel car.

Once your home no longer uses gas, you may choose to disconnect your gas service. This removes the gas supply charge and means you’ll no longer receive a gas bill.

To disconnect gas, you’ll need to contact your gas retailer. They’ll arrange the disconnection with your local gas distributor, who is responsible for physically disconnecting the service. There is usually a one-off disconnection fee, sometimes up to a few hundred dollars. Your gas retailer or distributor can confirm the exact cost for your property.

If you’re unsure when to disconnect, or want help understanding the process, our team can guide you through the steps and answer any questions you have.

At RACV, we’re combining our experience in solar and home trades, with our long history serving Victorians, to provide a trusted solution that makes it easier to electrify your home at your own pace.

Step 1: Calculate the benefits for your home

Use our free online calculator to get an instant electrification estimate tailored to your home, no cost and no obligation. In just a few minutes, you’ll see indicative upgrade costs, potential bill savings and available rebates, helping you understand whether going electric could make sense for your home.

Step 2: Speak to an expert

When you’re ready to take the next step, our expert team are on hand to answer all your questions. We’ll talk you through your options and develop an obligation-free quote tailored to your home, budget and energy needs. If it’s helpful, we can also arrange an optional in‑home electrification assessment, where a qualified expert will review your home, answer questions and help you understand what upgrades make sense now or over time. And with rebate support, we’ll help ensure you to get the most out of any government rebates available to you.

Step 3: Installation and ongoing support

Finally, installation will be carried out by our team of experienced and qualified installers. With RACV Trades and RACV Solar, you get quality products and expert installation, all backed by industry leading warranties and ongoing support from our local service team.

Get started with our online calculator

Absolutely. You can electrify your home all at once or upgrade one appliance at a time to suit your home and budget.

How it works

It's completely free to use our online calculator and get a quote. There is no cost or obligation to proceed until you accept your quote, choosing to move forward with your selected installation(s).

If you decide to proceed, your final quote will include the total cost of your installation(s) and a payment breakdown. This will include an initial deposit followed by full payment after your installation.

We also offer finance through our partner, ANZ. They offer personal loans with flexible repayment options and a tailored interest rate, so you can buy now and start saving sooner.

Government rebates and discounts are available to assist eligible households with the upfront cost of installing solar and electric appliances. These include:

We include all available rebates and discounts in your initial online electrification estimate, so you can see all the potential cost savings that might be available to you.

When you progress to get a quote, our experts will check your eligibility and ensure your final quote includes all the rebates you may be eligible for.

Eligibility criteria apply for all rebates. Follow the links above to find out more.

First, use our online calculator to get an instant electrification estimate. When you’re ready to get a quote for some or all of your upgrades, click through from your estimate to ‘get in touch’. We’ll ask for your contact details so a member of our team can contact you about your quote.

When you request a quote, our team will contact you to gather any outstanding details required to provide a personalised quote. Depending on your home and the complexity of your quote, this may happen over the phone or with an in-home assessment. During this process, our team will:

  • request additional details about your home and existing systems
  • discuss your current energy needs, future plans and budget
  • talk you through your appliance and system options
  • discuss the potential benefits of electrifying your home
  • discuss the rebates you might be eligible for
  • answer any questions you have and provide you with support throughout the process. 

Our RACV Solar team are experts in electrification. Whether you’re interested in solar, batteries or electric appliances, they’ll work with you to develop a comprehensive quote, taking into account your immediate needs and your longer term goals. Depending on the products you choose to progress with, they’ll then organise installation with our RACV Solar and RACV Trades teams as required.

Your estimated bill savings are calculated by comparing your current gas costs with the estimated cost to run modern electric replacements, taking into account typical appliance performance data and current tariff assumptions.

The estimate uses:

  • estimated electricity and gas usage based on your bill inputs
  • the typical efficiency of gas appliances
  • the efficiency of modern electric upgrades (such as hot water heat pumps)
  • current electricity and gas tariff assumptions, including supply charges.

This allows the system to estimate how much your overall energy usage and annual running costs would change when switching from gas to modern electric appliances. If all gas appliances are replaced, the estimated savings also include the removal of the gas supply charge.

Your solar savings are estimated by looking at how much electricity a typical solar system could produce for your home, and how much grid electricity you’d otherwise buy that solar power could replace.

To do this, the calculation uses the information you share about your energy bills, the size of the solar system being considered and any existing solar on your home. It also factors in typical solar performance data for Victoria and how households usually use energy throughout the day.

This is used to estimate:

  • how much solar energy your system could generate each year
  • how much of that energy you’re likely to use in your home
  • how much electricity you might export back to the grid

From this, your estimated savings are calculated based on the grid electricity you may avoid buying and any solar energy you may export.

Your battery savings are estimated by looking at how much solar energy your home could store and use later, instead of sending back to the grid. This means your battery could help you use more of your own solar power, for example in the evening, and reduce the amount of electricity you’d need to buy from the grid.

To estimate this, the calculation considers your energy bills, how much solar energy your home is likely to export, the size of the battery and typical household energy‑use patterns. From this, it estimates how much grid electricity the battery could replace and the potential savings that could result in.

We work with a third-party service to generate your instant electrification estimate. Only non-identifiable data is shared for this purpose.

When you submit a request to speak to our team, we collect some personal details like your name, contact information and property address, along with your responses to the electrification calculator questions

This helps us: 

  • prepare and send you a quote for electric appliance installation 
  • stay in touch with you about your quote via phone, email, SMS or post 
  • share essential details with our trusted partners who assist us to provide services to you
  • with your permission, offer you relevant products, services, or ask for feedback
  • use anonymised information to help improve our services and develop new ones. 

We take your privacy seriously. Your information is protected by strong security measures, and we only use your data for the purposes you’ve agreed to. Learn how we collect, handle and safeguard your personal information in the RACV Privacy Charter and the HTHA Privacy Policy. 

Inclusions and eligibility

Based on the information you provide through our online calculator, your instant electrification estimate will include:

  • electric appliance and system options, with the ability to select the products included to suit your needs
  • indicative costs, including product and install costs
  • indicative bill savings and estimated payback timeframes
  • estimated reduction in CO2 emissions
  • available government rebates and discounts.

We’ve partnered with ANZ to provide an option to help finance your home electrification upgrades. ANZ offers personal loans featuring flexible repayment options and a tailored interest rate. 

If you would like to explore an ANZ loan for your upgrades, you can apply after you’ve received your final quote. Simply visit their website to learn more and start your application. 

Learn more about ANZ personal loans

Installation is currently only available to homeowners in metro Melbourne, however everyone in Victoria can use our online calculator to generate an electrification estimate tailored to their home.

Depending on your apartment building, it may be possible to install electrification upgrades as long as you’re the owner of the apartment. 

If you’d like to find out what’s possible for you, speak to our expert team at no cost to you. Simply click “get in touch” on your electrification estimate, provide your contact details and the team will reach out to discuss your options.

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