{"id":34898,"date":"2019-11-29T06:42:56","date_gmt":"2019-11-28T20:12:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=34898"},"modified":"2024-06-05T13:49:11","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T04:19:11","slug":"solar-rebate-not-ending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-rebate-not-ending\/","title":{"rendered":"The &#8220;Solar Rebate&#8221; Is Not Ending: Don&#8217;t Be Fooled By Misleading Ads"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_35286\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35286\" class=\"wp-image-35286 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/slow-down.jpg\" alt=\"Australia's solar rebate is not ending\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/slow-down.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/slow-down-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/slow-down-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/slow-down-1024x536.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-35286\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The &#8220;solar rebate&#8221; does not end this year. In fact rooftop solar power may be cheaper early next year.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>DON&#8217;T PANIC!\u00a0 Despite attempts by dodgy advertisers<sup class='endnote'><a href='https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-rebate-not-ending\/#en-34898-1' id='enref-34898-1' onclick='return hhEndnotes_show(34898)'>1<\/a><\/sup> to convince you otherwise, the &#8220;solar rebate&#8221; isn&#8217;t ending any time soon.\u00a0 Renewable energy certificates (called <a href=\"https:\/\/cer.gov.au\/schemes\/renewable-energy-target\/small-scale-renewable-energy-scheme\/small-scale-technology-certificates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">STCs<\/a>) will still be lowering the cost of rooftop solar for years to come.\u00a0 To be precise, for another 11 years, 1 month, and 2 days.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>If you absolutely have to panic, if it&#8217;s something you really enjoy and you want to get a good bit of frantic fluster in right now, then I suppose you could freak out, just a little, over the fact the STC discount for rooftop solar power systems will fall by 8.3% at midnight on the 31st of December.\u00a0 You&#8217;ll know exactly when this happens because there will be a big countdown on the radio and TV.<\/p>\n<p>But if you do panic over this you&#8217;re being a bit silly because:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>All else equal, from the 1st of January, you will only have to pay around $333 extra for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/systems\/6kw\/\">6.5 kilowatt solar system<\/a>.\u00a0 If it currently costs $5,000 that&#8217;s 6.6% more.\u00a0 If it currently costs $7,000 that&#8217;s 4.7% more.<\/li>\n<li>Because of the way the solar industry and humans work all else won&#8217;t be equal.\u00a0 This means you may not have to pay anything extra at all.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In this article I&#8217;ll go over:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Exactly how much the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/panels\/rebate\/\">solar rebate<\/a>&#8221; will reduce each year so it&#8217;s clear it&#8217;s not an amount that makes it worthwhile to rush into buying solar power and potentially make a mistake you&#8217;ll regret.<\/li>\n<li>Why a solar system installed early next year is unlikely to jump up in price by as much as the reduction in STC subsidy.\u00a0 This means there is even less cause to panic.<\/li>\n<li>Finally, I&#8217;ll mention why it still makes sense to install solar panels as soon as you reasonably can &#8212; after doing enough research to be certain you&#8217;ll be getting a quality system you&#8217;ll be happy with.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>But before I do that I&#8217;ll explain how a different rebate only available in Victoria &#8212; the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/victorian-solar-rebate.html\">Victorian Home Solar Homes Program<\/a> &#8212;\u00a0 is being reduced by $337 at the start of the new year.<\/p>\n<h2>Victoria&#8217;s Solar Homes Rebate Will Fall<\/h2>\n<p>If you meet the requirements and obtain approval this year, the Victorian Solar Homes Program rebate will reduce the cost of a solar system by up to $2,225.\u00a0 If you want to apply this year the soonest you can do this will be at noon on Monday the 2nd of December.<\/p>\n<p>Because of unavoidable delays with the scheme, you won&#8217;t be getting solar installed this year even if you already have approval but haven&#8217;t arranged an installation yet.\u00a0 This means you can&#8217;t avoid the decline in the national &#8220;solar rebate&#8221; at the end of the year, but you can &#8212; hopefully &#8212; avoid the end of year fall in the Victorian Solar Homes rebate from $2,225 to $1,888.<\/p>\n<p>Note that because of its poor design, the Victorian Solar Homes rebate is a a pain-in-the-neck program<sup class='endnote'><a href='https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-rebate-not-ending\/#en-34898-2' id='enref-34898-2' onclick='return hhEndnotes_show(34898)'>2<\/a><\/sup> and increasing numbers of people are giving up and deciding to get solar panels without it<sup class='endnote'><a href='https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-rebate-not-ending\/#en-34898-3' id='enref-34898-3' onclick='return hhEndnotes_show(34898)'>3<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n<h2>The &#8220;Solar Rebate&#8221; Ending Is Online Nonsense<\/h2>\n<p>If you have the internet and so aren&#8217;t reading this by peeking through your neighbour&#8217;s curtains, you may have noticed ads appearing on Facebook<sup class='endnote'><a href='https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-rebate-not-ending\/#en-34898-4' id='enref-34898-4' onclick='return hhEndnotes_show(34898)'>4<\/a><\/sup> and other sites saying you have rush and get solar panels now because the &#8220;solar rebate&#8221; is ending or trying to imply that&#8217;s the case without directly saying so.\u00a0 Either way they are attempting the old hard sales tactic of convincing people they have to act now or miss out.<\/p>\n<p>My favorite is this Facebook ad that tries very hard to create the impression you have to hurry while technically not lying at all:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;This could be your last chance to take advantage of the solar rebate before Summer starts!&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I suppose that with only a couple of days to go until the end of November, this &#8212; technically &#8212; would be your last chance to to take advantage of the &#8220;solar rebate&#8221; before summer.\u00a0 There will be no change in the &#8220;solar rebate&#8221; between November and December, but since that&#8217;s when summer officially starts they are not &#8212; technically &#8212; lying.\u00a0 I&#8217;ll leave it up to you to decide if they are &#8212; technically &#8212; being misleading.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35255\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/tech.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"215\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Phone Through For Piss Poor Promise<\/h2>\n<p>It&#8217;s reasonable to think companies scaring up business by lying or implying the &#8220;solar rebate&#8221; is ending are trying to line up work for before the end of the year, but often this isn&#8217;t the case.\u00a0 Sure, they&#8217;ll probably do what they can before the year ends, but quite often they are lining up work for early next year.<\/p>\n<p>This may seem odd given how much effort they are putting into pushing the &#8220;solar rebate&#8221; is ending bandwagon, but what they&#8217;ll generally do if you contact them is say that by giving them a deposit you will lock in this year&#8217;s price no matter when they get around to actually installing it.<\/p>\n<p>Gee, a quote where the price is the final price.\u00a0 I wonder if any other business is aware of this amazing innovation?\u00a0 (If you spotted that I&#8217;m being sarcastic, well done!)<\/p>\n<h2>How To Calculate Your &#8220;Solar Rebate&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p><strong>The easiest way to calculate your &#8220;Solar Rebate&#8221; is to use the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/tools\/stc_calculator\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SolarQuotes&#8217; STC Calculator<\/a><\/strong> (much easier to use than the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rec-registry.gov.au\/rec-registry\/app\/calculators\/sgu-stc-calculator\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Clean Energy Regulator&#8217;s calculator<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>However, I&#8217;ll explain how to manually calculate your &#8220;solar rebate&#8221;, so you can understand just how much it will decrease at the end of each year and why.\u00a0 But first I have to appease any pedants out there who are infuriated by my use of the term &#8220;solar rebate&#8221; and don&#8217;t regard my use of &#8220;scare quotes&#8221; as an adequate prophylactic against their ire.<\/p>\n<h2>&#8220;Solar Rebate&#8221; Not Actually A Rebate<\/h2>\n<p>The correct name of the &#8220;solar rebate&#8221; is the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cleanenergyregulator.gov.au\/RET\/About-the-Renewable-Energy-Target\/How-the-scheme-works\/Small-scale-Renewable-Energy-Scheme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Small-scale Renewable Energy Scheme<\/a> or SRES and it&#8217;s not a rebate.\u00a0 A rebate is when you pay money and then get some of it back.\u00a0 As STCs normally reduce the price the customer pays, the &#8220;solar rebate&#8221; should be called a subsidy or incentive instead.<\/p>\n<p>But rather than rail against the incorrect use of the term I&#8217;ve decided to take the easy way out and simply let it die a peacefully death in 11+ years.\u00a0 This may seem lazy, but I just call it picking my battles.\u00a0 And the battle I pick instead is three rounds of original Mortal Kombat versus the office champion, Ned.<sup class='endnote'><a href='https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-rebate-not-ending\/#en-34898-5' id='enref-34898-5' onclick='return hhEndnotes_show(34898)'>5<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-wrapper\"><iframe title=\"Mortal Wombat - Mortal Kombat Edit\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZFAJoyRsnbQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h2>The &#8220;Solar Rebate&#8221; Is Being Slooooowly Phased Out<\/h2>\n<p>Small-scale Technology Certificates or STCs are created when rooftop solar is installed.\u00a0 They are worth money.\u00a0 You can hang onto them if you want, but normally they&#8217;re used by the installer to lower the cost of solar power.\u00a0 Any quotes you get will assume their value is coming off the price.<\/p>\n<p>STCs are worth a maximum of $40 each and the scheme is designed to keep them close to that amount.\u00a0 At the moment they are around $37.<\/p>\n<p>The number of STCs you will get and the amount of money they&#8217;ll save you is easy to determine if you follow my not-at-all patented 3 step system:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 1:\u00a0 Check your Zone<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-35236 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Zones-and-STCs-per-kilowatt-per-remaining-year-of-solar-rebate.gif\" alt=\"STC zones in Australia\" width=\"618\" height=\"331\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The country is divided into 4 Zones with sunnier ones getting more STCs.\u00a0 Zone 3 is the most populous and contains the capitals Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Perth, and Sydney.\u00a0 In this region each kilowatt of new solar panel capacity receives 1.382 STCs for each remaining year of the &#8220;solar rebate&#8221; scheme.<\/p>\n<p>If you are in Melbourne or Tasmania you are in Zone 4, which is the second most populated.\u00a0 Thanks to lower levels of sunshine you&#8217;ll get 14% fewer STCs than those jammy Zone 3 bastards.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 2:\u00a0 Do Some Multiplication<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To work out the total number of STCs for a system multiply these three figures together:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The size of the system in kilowatts<\/li>\n<li>The figure for your Zone<\/li>\n<li>The number of years left in the scheme<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The number of years left in the scheme is easy to work out as it is 2031 minus the current year.\u00a0 So for this year it is:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>2031 &#8211; 2019 = 12<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Or you can just look up how many years are left on this graph:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-35239 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/rebateyearsleft.jpg\" alt=\"Years of solar rebate remaining\" width=\"901\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/rebateyearsleft.jpg 901w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/rebateyearsleft-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/rebateyearsleft-768x460.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 901px) 100vw, 901px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you live in Zone 3, like most people do, and are getting a 6.5 kilowatt solar power system installed this year, the number of STCs it would receive would be:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>1.382 * 6.5 kilowatts * 12 years remaining in scheme = 107 STCs<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If it is installed next year instead then it would be:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>1.382 * 6.5 kilowatts * 11 years remaining in scheme = 98 STCs<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The amount of STCs you receive are rounded down, so there&#8217;s no need to worry about fractions of an STC.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 3:\u00a0 Decide on an STC price<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;solar rebate&#8221; scheme is designed to keep the value of STCs close to their maximum of $40 each.\u00a0 At the moment they are currently worth around $37.\u00a0 Because of administration costs I think we should treat the value of STCs as being a couple of dollars lower, but to keep things simple I won&#8217;t worry about this and will just use the current $37 price.\u00a0 This means the STCs generated by installing a 6.5 kilowatt system in Zone 3 this year will be:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>107 STCs * $37 = $3,959<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If it is instead installed next year the STCs will be worth:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>98 STCs * $37 = $3,626<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So, if all else is equal, getting a 6.5 kilowatt system installed this year instead of next year will save $333.\u00a0 But all else won&#8217;t be equal.\u00a0 Before I get into that, since I am in a graph-making mood, here&#8217;s one showing how many STCs will be received by a 6.5 kilowatt solar system in Zone 3 and and how much they will be worth, assuming an STC price of $37:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-35308 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/stcsndollars.jpg\" alt=\"STC value - 6.5kW system\" width=\"900\" height=\"537\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/stcsndollars.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/stcsndollars-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/stcsndollars-768x458.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Note I have not adjusted the dollar values above for inflation.\u00a0 If the average inflation rate is 2% then $296 in 2030 will only be worth $238 in today&#8217;s money.\u00a0 The fact that inflation is constantly nibbling away at the real value of STCs is often overlooked, but over a few months &#8212; the maximum time most people go from deciding to get solar panels to installation &#8212; it&#8217;s not worth worrying about.<\/p>\n<h2>New Year &#8212; Old Prices?<\/h2>\n<p>If all else is equal, for the majority of Australians a 6.5 kilowatt solar system would become $333 more expensive on the 1st of January.\u00a0 But price increases don&#8217;t work that way.\u00a0 Especially not in the solar industry.<\/p>\n<p>While they often appear superhuman, solar installers are mere human beings and so have children to feed and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/tesla-cybertruck-reveal\/\">Tesla monster trucks<\/a> to buy.\u00a0 For this reason they are not going to want to absorb the cost of the 8.3% fall in STCs received per kilowatt.\u00a0 But, because they are in a very competitive industry, many of them will soak up at least some of it.\u00a0 They&#8217;re able to do this is because the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/panels\/cost\/\">cost of solar<\/a> hardware keeps falling.\u00a0 This isn&#8217;t a smooth process.\u00a0 There are some ups among the downs.\u00a0 But it is mostly down.\u00a0 Just the other day I was told the price of solar panels could fall by another 4-5% over the next two months.<sup class='endnote'><a href='https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-rebate-not-ending\/#en-34898-6' id='enref-34898-6' onclick='return hhEndnotes_show(34898)'>6<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>Another reason is supply and demand.\u00a0 From now until Christmas is the busiest time for installers, but after that work falls off a cliff and early in the year is their slow time.\u00a0 After the excesses of the holiday season people tend to spend less on everything, even including things that save them money such as solar power.\u00a0 So if you want an installer to squeeze your system in this December, because they&#8217;re so busy they are likely to charge more for their time than they would early next year.<\/p>\n<h2>Understand Your Quote<\/h2>\n<p>If you are just considering getting solar now there is very little chance it will be installed before the end of the year and if you get a quote for a system this year it&#8217;s important to know whether or not the price will be bumped up if it&#8217;s installed next year.<\/p>\n<p>Some installers will quote a final price, while others quote a price that varies according to the number of STCs received.\u00a0 In the latter case, the amount paid depends on the installation date.\u00a0 If the installer makes it absolutely clear how changes in STCs affect the quote, that&#8217;s fine.\u00a0 But if they don&#8217;t and you end up paying more than you expected, I consider that dodgy.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_35316\" style=\"width: 2058px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35316\" class=\"wp-image-35316 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/shonks-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"solar shonks\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/shonks-scaled.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/shonks-300x249.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/shonks-1024x850.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/shonks-768x638.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/shonks-1536x1275.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-35316\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Credit: Emjay Peacock<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Getting Solar Panels Soon Still Makes Sense<\/h2>\n<p>There is no need to rush into getting solar power in the next 4 weeks. Take enough time so you can be sure you know what you want. \u00a0 Don&#8217;t feel pressured by dodgy ads to rush into getting solar panels before you&#8217;re prepared.\u00a0 But once you are prepared, get out there and grab it. There&#8217;s gold in that there sunlight. So do <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/good-solar-guide\/contents\/\">your research<\/a>, find a great local installer, but please don&#8217;t tell them you need it installed before December 31st, because you really don&#8217;t.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DON&#8217;T PANIC!\u00a0 Despite attempts by dodgy advertisers1 to convince you otherwise, the &#8220;solar rebate&#8221; isn&#8217;t ending any time soon.\u00a0 Renewable energy certificates (called STCs) will still be lowering the cost of rooftop solar for years to come.\u00a0 To be precise, for another 11 years, 1 month, and 2 days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":35286,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economics","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The &quot;Solar Rebate&quot; 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