News

30/11/2020 - The STC Deeming Period will decline again from 1 January 2021. The deeming period will reduce from 11 years to 10 years for all installs done in 2021. The deeming period will reduce by one for each year after this.

Read more: STC Deeming Period for PV Declines again from 1 January 2021

17/09/2020 - The Clean Energy Regulator is working with the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) and the Clean Energy Council (CEC) to incorporate checks of inverter settings into its inspection program of rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) systems under the Small-scale Renewable Energy Scheme.

Read more: New inspection checks for inverter settings on rooftop solar

14/08/2020 - Additional and Replacement PV systems. The regulator requires detailed information when adding to existing PV systems or replacing PV systems. This artiicle explains the information required when submitting through FormBay

Read more: Information required for additional or replacement PV systems

17/07/2020 -  Energy Safe Victoria has reverted back to include the Date of Completion as a mandatory field in the COES. As a result the installation date will no longer need to be noted in the ‘Description of work undertaken’ field within the form.

Read more: Completion Date on COES VIC

08/05/2020 - Trina Solar has entered into an Enforceable Undertaking (EU) with the Clean Energy Regulator (CER) in relation to Small-scale Technology Certificate (STC) claims where the solar panels were not eligible..

Read more: Trina Enter into Enforceable Undertaking with Regulator

10/03/2020 - The Clean Energy Regulator (CER) has released STP percentage for 2020 at 24.40% which equates to 42.6 million STCs for the year.

Read more: STP Percentage Released for 2020 (STC Target)

18/11/2019 - The CER have sent out a reminder that version 13 of the Clean Energy Councils (CEC’s) guidelines for ‘Grid-Connected Solar PV Systems’ came into effect from 29 June 2019. This includes a limit to the number of installations an accredited person can sign off per day.

Read more: CER Reminder Reduced daily limits for PV Installations

31/10/2019 - The Clean Energy Regulator has released October market updates for large-scale generation certificates (LGCs) and small-scale technology certificates (STCs), providing our view on progress towards the 2020 target and key factors that may impact certificate supply and demand.

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Read more: STC and LGC Market Update Oct 2019 - From CER