When you’re getting solar quotes, most of the trust signals are about the product. Panel brand. Inverter brand. Battery brand.
The thing that determines whether your system works well in 10 years is a different question: who runs the company that installs it.
That question just got answered at a national level.
- Nicole Bilman, CEO of Perth Solar Warehouse, is a 2026 Smart Energy Council Emerging Leader of the Year finalist.
- For homeowners: the person running the company installing your solar has been independently shortlisted by the national industry for the way she runs it.
- Nicole started as Administration Manager in July 2020. She became CEO in February 2026. The progression went role by role.
Nicole Bilman, CEO of the company PSW Energy and Perth Solar Warehouse, has been named a finalist for Emerging Leader of the Year at the 2026 Smart Energy Council Awards. The category recognises an individual under 40 shaping the Australian sustainable energy industry. It’s judged by industry peers, not voted in publicly.
Nicole joined the company on 6 July 2020 as Administration Manager. The team was ten people. By 2022, she was overseeing manufacturer relationships. By 2024, she led the ISO certification programme. On 2 February 2026, she became Chief Executive Officer. Five and a half years from the admin desk to the top job, earned step by step.
Under her leadership, the company has held Tesla Premium Certified Installer status every year from 2022 to 2026, opened a second base at Neerabup, and grown from 10 people to over 50. Perth Solar Warehouse is NETCC Approved through to 13 May 2027 and ISO triple certified. EUPD Research has separately noted that her leadership “challenges stereotypes and demonstrates the power of diversity and inclusion in the renewable energy sector.”
The company has also been shortlisted as a finalist for Smart Employer of the Year at the same awards. Two finalist positions at one ceremony. It’s rare for a Perth solar company to land both.
The awards are in Sydney on 6 May 2026. A finalist position is the recognition.
If you’re comparing quotes and debating which company will be around to back the install five and ten years from now, this is one of the data points worth knowing.
Get a quote from the team that the industry just shortlisted.
