Approved product listing · September 2026

Two listing actions took effect this week. The approved list recorded the suspension as an expiry date and the de-listing not at all.

The Clean Energy Council suspended seven NeoVolt battery models on 15 September 2026 and de-listed eight Smart Lifestyle models on 17 September. The Regulator's battery file, republished on 15 September, carries that date as the expiry on all seven NeoVolt rows. The eight Smart Lifestyle rows still read 17 June, on files that have not been republished since.

What was announced, and when it took effect

The two actions were announced eight days apart and took effect two days apart. Our pieces of 7 September and 12 September recorded each as intended and said the files would be read on the dates the Council named. This is that reading.

The Council's product page for the Bytewatt Technology Co., Ltd (NEOVOLT) action states that the seven BW-BAT-9.6P models, the base model and variants I to VI, were suspended on 15 September 2026, that they are no longer eligible for small-scale technology certificates from that date, and that the manufacturer has until 14 December 2026 to complete corrective actions. The Council's notice of 17 September states that on that day it de-listed all Smart Lifestyle Australia Pty Ltd inverter and battery models, suspended since 17 June, and gives references 00041762 for the inverters and 00041763 for the batteries. For both actions the Council states that the decision was not taken on the basis of a product recall or any identified product safety issue. Sources: Clean Energy Council, product page for the Bytewatt (NEOVOLT) suspension, read 17 September 2026; Clean Energy Council notice to industry, 17 September 2026.

Two actions, one week

What the Council announced, and what the Regulator's file did

1. 11 Sep 2026
   De-listing announcedThe Council notifies industry that it intends to de-list three Smart Lifestyle inverters and five batteries on 17 September. The models have been suspended since 17 June.
2. 15 Sep 2026
   NeoVolt suspension takes effectSeven Bytewatt BW-BAT-9.6P models are suspended from the approved products list. The Regulator's battery file republished that day carries 15 September 2026 as the expiry date on all seven rows.
3. 16 Sep 2026
   Source check reads the new fileThis site's Approval Watch source check retrieves the 15 September version of the battery file and records seven expiry_changed events. Its run on 15 September had retrieved the 11 September version.
4. 17 Sep 2026
   De-listing takes effectThe Council confirms all Smart Lifestyle models are de-listed. The inverter file, last modified 11 September, and the battery file, last modified 15 September, still carry all eight rows with an expiry date of 17 June 2026.

The suspension reached the file

The Clean Energy Regulator's CEC approved solar batteries file carries a last-modified time of 15 September 2026, 02:56 UTC. Read on 17 September, it holds 3,605 rows. The seven rows under manufacturer Bytewatt Technology Co.,Ltd. and brand NEOVOLT in the BW-BAT-9.6P series each carry an expiry date of 15 September 2026. They are the only seven rows in the file with that date. On the file version of 6 September, which this site holds as its reviewed baseline, the six variants carried 6 December 2027 and the base model 31 December 2027. Source: Clean Energy Regulator, CEC approved solar batteries, versions last modified 6 and 15 September 2026, the second read 17 September 2026.

The change has two dates and both are printed. Our Approval Watch source check runs each morning. Its run at 06:13 UTC on 15 September retrieved a file whose source version was dated 11 September and raised no battery events. Its run on 16 September retrieved the 15 September version and raised seven expiry_changed events, one per NeoVolt row, each with an effective date of 15 September taken from the row's new expiry. The Regulator's file was stamped on the day of the suspension; this site first read it the day after. Source: review.solar Approval Watch source check, runs of 15 and 16 September 2026, artefacts retained on the repository.

The de-listing did not

The Regulator's approved inverter file carries a last-modified time of 11 September 2026 and holds 4,759 rows. Its battery file is the 15 September version above. Read on 17 September, both list all eight Smart Lifestyle models: SLA-HB-S1-3.8kW1P, 5kW1P and 6kW1P in the inverter file, each approved 9 August 2024, and SLA-ESS-S1 at 5, 10, 15, 20 and 30 kWh in the battery file, each approved 22 October 2024. Every one of the eight carries an expiry date of 17 June 2026, the date the suspension took effect. No row in either file carries 17 September 2026. Source: Clean Energy Regulator, CEC approved inverters and CEC approved solar batteries, read and parsed 17 September 2026.

That is the same state the files were in on 12 September. The de-listing changed the Council's register and left the Regulator's files as they were, which is also what the Hency de-listing of 17 July did: those nineteen module rows are still on the module file two months later. On this evidence a de-listing has no signature in the Regulator's files at all. What the files record is the earlier suspension, and they record it in the only column that can hold a date.

Three suspensions, one column

On the Regulator's files, a suspended model's expiry date is the suspension date

The approved product files have no status columnManufacturer, series, model, capacity or power, approved date and expiry date. A suspension can only show up in the expiry column, and on these three cases it does.

Hency, modules Suspended 16 April 2026

Nineteen SEP2 and SEP3 rows approved 18 March 2026 carry an expiry date of 16 April 2026, a listed term of 29 days. De-listed 17 July; the rows remain.

Smart Lifestyle, inverters and batteries Suspended 17 June 2026

Eight rows approved in August and October 2024 carry an expiry date of 17 June 2026. De-listed 17 September; the rows remain and the date has not moved.

NeoVolt, batteries Suspended 15 September 2026

Seven rows that carried 6 December 2027, and 31 December 2027 for the base model, now carry 15 September 2026. This is the first case observed as a change between two file versions rather than read from one.

Three cases, no published rule

Three suspensions can now be read against the Regulator's files, and on all three the expiry date printed beside the row equals the suspension date the Council announced. Hency's nineteen module rows, approved 18 March 2026, expire 16 April 2026, the suspension date, a listed term of 29 days. Smart Lifestyle's eight rows expire 17 June 2026. NeoVolt's seven rows expire 15 September 2026, and this is the first case observed as a change between two file versions rather than inferred from one. Neither the Regulator nor the Council publishes a rule that a suspension sets the expiry date. The files have no status column, so if a suspension is to appear at all this is where it appears. Sources: Clean Energy Regulator approved product files as above; Clean Energy Council product suspensions and de-listings register, read 12 and 17 September 2026.

The register itself is not a clean source for this either. Read on 17 September, its suspensions table carries Smart Lifestyle with a suspension date of 17 June and no date lifted, and its de-listings table carries the same eight models with a de-listing date of 17 September, so on the day of the de-listing the entry sits on both tables. The suspensions table does not carry the NeoVolt action two days after it took effect; the Council's own product page and its Rooftop bulletin of 17 September both do. The register is one publication, the product pages another, the notices a third, and the Regulator's files a fourth, and on this week's evidence none of the four is first every time. Sources: Clean Energy Council product suspensions and de-listings register, table data read 17 September 2026; Clean Energy Council, Rooftop, 17 September 2026.

The co-licence holder

The Council's 17 September notice states that it has been in contact with Hiconics Eco-energy Drive Technology Co., Ltd, which held a co-licence with Smart Lifestyle Australia for the de-listed products, and relays what Hiconics has offered on a case-by-case basis: troubleshooting assistance to installers and end users, assessment and repair of returned units at the customer's cost for parts and labour, and spare parts subject to availability. The Council quotes Hiconics that this support is offered on a best-effort basis and does not constitute a legal assumption of the original warranty obligations, and that Hiconics is not in a position to provide free replacements or full warranty coverage for products sold under another brand, having no visibility of the installation, commissioning or usage history of those systems. The notice gives an after-sales hotline and an email address at a midea.com domain. Source: Clean Energy Council notice to industry, 17 September 2026.

The same notice corrects the Council's notification of 11 September, which referred to "PV Module" in its subject line and in its opening sentence. The Council confirms those references should have been to inverters and batteries and that no PV modules were de-listed. Our 12 September piece noted the discrepancy; the correction is now the Council's own.

What this does not say

review.solar scores no Smart Lifestyle product. The two NeoVolt systems it scores are certified as BW-BAT-10.1P and BW-BAT-4.8S. Neither is among the seven suspended models, and on the 15 September file their rows are unchanged: BW-BAT-10.1P and its variants expire 5 June 2026, a date already past and recorded as such on the scored record, and BW-BAT-4.8S expires 6 December 2027. A listing action binds named models. It is not a finding about a product's chemistry, warranty or field performance, and a system already installed is not affected when its model's row changes. Source: Clean Energy Regulator, CEC approved solar batteries, version last modified 15 September 2026, read 17 September 2026.

Reported from the listing body's notices, product page and register, and from the Regulator's published files on three dates. The Council states, for both actions, that the decision was not taken on the basis of a product recall or any identified product safety issue. Where a supplier is in liquidation, who stands behind an existing warranty is a matter for the liquidators; the Council's account of what a co-licence holder has offered is reported here as its account.

Sources and method7 references

• Clean Energy Council, notice to industry, Update to CEC Approved Products De-listing, Smart Lifestyle Australia Pty Ltd, 17 September 2026, references 00041762 (inverter) and 00041763 (battery). Primary source for the de-listing taking effect on 17 September 2026, the statement that the decision was not taken on the basis of a product recall or any identified product safety issue, the co-licence held by Hiconics Eco-energy Drive Technology Co., Ltd, the support Hiconics has offered and its stated limits, the after-sales contact details, and the Council's correction of its 11 September subject line and opening sentence.
• Clean Energy Council, Bytewatt Technology Co., Ltd (NEOVOLT) product suspension, read 17 September 2026. The Council's product page for the action. Primary source for the suspension in force from 15 September 2026, the seven model numbers, the two stated grounds, the certificate consequence, the 14 December 2026 deadline, and the statement that the decision was not taken on the basis of a product recall or any identified product safety issue.
• Clean Energy Council, Rooftop, 17 September 2026. The Council's monthly bulletin. Read as a second Council surface stating the NeoVolt models were suspended on 15 September 2026 and are no longer eligible for small-scale technology certificates.
• Clean Energy Council, product suspensions and de-listings, table data read 17 September 2026. Suspensions table: three entries, Smart Lifestyle Australia Pty Ltd (suspended 17 June 2026, no date lifted), Sunova Solar Technology Co Ltd and CSI Solar Co Ltd; no NeoVolt or Bytewatt entry. De-listings table: 34 entries, including Smart Lifestyle Australia Pty Ltd announced 11 September 2026 with a de-listing date of 17 September 2026, and Shanghai Electric Hency Solar Technology Co Ltd announced 8 July 2026. The two tables are embedded datasets rather than page markup and were read from the embed data directly.
• Clean Energy Regulator, CEC approved solar batteries, last modified 15 September 2026 02:56 UTC, read and parsed 17 September 2026, 3,605 rows. Source for the seven BW-BAT-9.6P expiry dates of 15 September 2026, the five SLA-ESS-S1 rows with expiry 17 June 2026, and the unchanged BW-BAT-10.1P and BW-BAT-4.8S rows. The 6 September version of the same file, held as this site's reviewed Approval Watch baseline, is the source for the prior NeoVolt expiry dates of 6 December 2027 and 31 December 2027.
• Clean Energy Regulator, CEC approved inverters, last modified 11 September 2026, read and parsed 17 September 2026, 4,759 rows. Source for the three SLA-HB-S1 rows with expiry 17 June 2026 and for the absence of any row dated 17 September 2026. The Hency module rows are as read on 12 September 2026 from the CEC approved PV modules file.
• review.solar, Approval Watch source check, GitHub Actions runs of 15 September 2026 (06:13 UTC, battery source version dated 11 September, no battery events) and 16 September 2026 (06:11 UTC, battery source version dated 15 September, seven expiry_changed events on the BW-BAT-9.6P rows with effective date 15 September 2026, taken from the row's current expiry date). The run artefacts are retained on the repository for 30 days. Source for the two dates of the file change.