Origin Energy has sought to steal a march on its rivals in the home battery revolution by sealing a deal with Tesla that will make it the first local supplier of the much-hyped Powerwall system.

The sleek, wall-mounted Powerwall battery, launched in a glitzy ceremony by charismatic Tesla chief executive Elon Musk in May, is to be offered with solar panels and an inverter in a package with prices starting at $16,500.

Origin Energy will be the first local supplier of the Tesla Powerwall battery.

Origin, like arch-rivals AGL Energy and EnergyAustralia, is tapping into keen popular interest in electricity storage systems and self-generation that is helping subdue demand for power from the grid and keeping wholesale prices low. Morgan Stanley has estimated the Australian home battery market could reach $24 billion in size, based on about 2.4 million households spending up to $10,000 each on a battery that could be retrofitted to an existing solar system.

Head of energy markets at Origin, Frank Calabria, said the new package would "provide households with greater control over their energy use than ever before".