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27/03/2024 - Accredited installers and designers must transfer accreditation to SAA by 29 May 2024 to remain eligible for small-scale technology certificates (STCs). Please read the following important information to help you transfer quickly and easily.
Read more: Accredited installer CEC to SAA transfer by 29 May 2024
20/02/2024 - The Clean Energy Regulator (CER) has released STP percentage for 2023 at 21.26% which equates to approx 37.9 million STCs (after adjustment for 2023) for the year.
17/11/2023 - The STC Deeming Period will decline again from 1 January 2024. The deeming period will reduce from 8 years to 7 years for all installs done in 2024. The deeming period will reduce by one for each year after this.
Read more: STC Deeming Period for PV & SHW Declines from 1 January 2024
12/07/2023 - The Clean Energy Regulator (CER) would like to remind all accredited installers and agents they are required to collect on-site evidence as part of their compliance paperwork. This is relevant for all solar photovoltaic (PV) installations claiming small-scale technology certificates (STCs).
Read more: Accredited installer on-site attendance requirements
09/06/2023 - The plumbing standards for water heaters AS/NZS 3500.4:2021 clauses 8.2.1 and 8.22 requires insulation for all inlet and outlet pipework. Clause 5.11 requires PTR valve to be fitted with drain line with continous fall
Read more: Insulation and PTR requirements for water heater pipework
06/02/2023 - The Clean Energy Regulator (CER) has released STP percentage for 2023 at 16.29% which equates to approx 28.5 million STCs (after adjustment for 2022) for the year.
15/11/2022 - The Clean Energy Regulator (CER) requires serials for PV modules and inverters to be scanned from the barcode on the panel and inverter and not from the packaging or pallet sheet.
Read more: Are you scanning panel and inverter serial numbers correctly when claiming STCs?
15/11/2022 - The STC Deeming Period will decline again from 1 January 2023. The deeming period will reduce from 9 years to 8 years for all installs done in 2023. The deeming period will reduce by one for each year after this.
Read more: STC Deeming Period for PV & SHW Declines from 1 January 2023