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Picture the scene at Labour HQ. Chris Hipkins holds up National's solar policy, everyone nods along, and agrees it's a good idea. Then Megan Woods leans across the table with the only question Labour ever seems to ask: love it, Chris, but what if we promised the same outcome and just made it cost more? Well, you don't need to imagine it, because they've just done exactly that. National has already announced the answer for households wanting to generate their own cheap power – the ☀️🩵 Home Energy Fund ⚡️🔋 – which puts solar and batteries on your roof with nothing to pay up front, repaid gradually as your bill comes down, all for a taxpayer cost of $7 million. Labour has taken that very idea, reheated it, rebranded it, and landed at the exact same destination for your household, just by a far more expensive road. The one thing they've bolted on is a pile of new subsidies. Your own money, handed back with a ribbon on it. That's how a $7 million idea somehow balloons into a $160 million one. And how does Labour pay for it all? By raiding the Gas Security Fund, the emergency reserve built to protect jobs and keep the lights on when winter bites and prices spike. Labour would happily drain the country's rainy day fund just to reach an outcome National already offers for a fraction of the cost. Only Labour could announce National's solar policy but somehow make it cost more while putting the country's energy security at risk. Even the plug-in solar Labour is taking credit for isn't theirs. National has had work underway on this for months, long before Labour breathed a word. Many of you saw me post about it right here on Facebook only yesterday. So let's be clear about what Labour has really delivered. The same two ideas National had already put on the table, dressed up with a $160 million spend-up and paid for by draining the country's energy safety net. All of it piled onto a bill Labour still cannot explain, which in the end means just one thing for you. Higher taxes or more borrowing to foot it. Labour never changes. More spending, more handouts, more borrowing, and Kiwis left holding the invoice. National is fixing the basics and building the future. We're helping homeowners and renters generate their own cheap power, clearing the red tape that held it back, and keeping the emergency fund exactly where it belongs, ready for the day the country truly needs it. The choice has never been clearer.