{"id":39031,"date":"2020-04-17T06:07:29","date_gmt":"2020-04-16T19:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=39031"},"modified":"2020-04-17T06:07:29","modified_gmt":"2020-04-16T19:37:29","slug":"solar-stc-value-mb1489","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-stc-value-mb1489\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Good Reason To Go Solar Now: STC Value"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39034\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/solar-rebate-stc.jpg\" alt=\"Solar rebate and STC value\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/solar-rebate-stc.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/solar-rebate-stc-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/solar-rebate-stc-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/solar-rebate-stc-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s been an interesting turn of events relating to the mechanism that forms the basis of Australia&#8217;s solar power subsidy.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/panels\/rebate\/\">solar rebate<\/a>&#8221; is based on virtual bits of paper called Small-scale Technology Certificates (STCs). The number of certificates accompanying an eligible solar power system installation depends on the system size, installation date and location (zone).<\/p>\n<p>These certificates have a monetary value that fluctuates with market conditions. The maximum possible value is $40 and the minimum $0.<\/p>\n<p>While STCs cannot be claimed, issued and converted to cash until after a system is installed, their value is usually offered as a point of sale discount to the customer. The solar business (or its registered agent) jumps through the hoops of claiming the STCs and converting them to cash later. So, in this respect it is a &#8220;solar rebate&#8221; &#8211; for the business, but the customer benefits from the subsidy when signing on the dotted line for the system.<\/p>\n<p>As mentioned, STC value can range from $0 to $40 a pop. It&#8217;s never been down as low as $0 and as far as I know, never as high as $40. Over the past year, it&#8217;s been sitting around the $36 &#8211; $38 mark, which has been reasonable.\u00a0 A few years back, their value <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/stc-prices-solar-subsidy-mb0133\/\">plummeted to as low as $26<\/a>, which had a significant impact on the amount of subsidy available.<\/p>\n<p>Very recently, market forces have driven STC value up well past the $38 mark &#8211; check out this slightly butchered graph of recent spot prices from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.demandmanager.com.au\/certificate-prices\/\">DemandManager<\/a>, which shows STC spot prices (in blue) reaching $39.90 on Wednesday. On Tuesday, the spot price hit $39.95.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39033 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/stc-spot-price-value.png\" alt=\"STC spot prices\" width=\"708\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/stc-spot-price-value.png 708w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/stc-spot-price-value-300x186.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 708px) 100vw, 708px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s take a look at the difference a few dollars can make on the subsidy for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/systems\/6kw\/\">6.6kW solar system<\/a> that has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/installers\/adelaide\/\">installed in Adelaide<\/a>. We can easily determine this using the SolarQuotes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/tools\/stc_calculator\/\">STC calculator<\/a>, which shows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>@ $37 per certificate = $3,700 subsidy<\/li>\n<li>@ $40 per certificate = $4,000 subsidy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>An additional $300 off (or very close to it) is better than a poke in the eye with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/author\/ronald\/\">Ronald&#8217;s<\/a> beard.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_39032\" style=\"width: 384px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39032\" class=\"wp-image-39032 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ronald-beard.jpg\" alt=\"Ronald Brakels\" width=\"374\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ronald-beard.jpg 374w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ronald-beard-283x300.jpg 283w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 374px) 100vw, 374px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-39032\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This handsome devil is SQ&#8217;s Ronald. His beard is registered as a deadly weapon.<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Will High STC Values Hold?<\/h2>\n<p>As for how long this high STC value will be sustained, I have absolutely no idea. Originally when the spot price started inching up I thought it might be very temporary, but it&#8217;s been above $38 for over a month now except for that odd dive on the 6th.\u00a0 Demand Manager isn&#8217;t the only firm showing high values. <a href=\"http:\/\/greenmarkets.com.au\/\">Green Energy Markets<\/a>&#8216; most recent spot price displayed on its website (bottom right-hand corner) was $39.40 for March 24, which lines up with DemandManager.<\/p>\n<p>This extra &#8220;money for nothing&#8221; is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-power-reasons-mb1455\/\">yet another good reason<\/a> why right now is a very good time to install solar panels. Grab it while you can, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/solar101.html\">do your research first<\/a> to ensure you get the best possible system for your hard-won dollars that will provide maximum electricity bill-busting capabilities for many years to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s been an interesting turn of events relating to the mechanism that forms the basis of Australia&#8217;s solar power subsidy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":39034,"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":[678],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-solar-battery-news","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>Another Good Reason To Go Solar Now: STC Value - SolarQuotes Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"There&#039;s been an interesting turn of events relating to the mechanism that forms the basis of Australia&#039;s solar power subsidy - STCs.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-stc-value-mb1489\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Another Good Reason To Go Solar Now: STC Value\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"There&#039;s been an interesting turn of events relating to the mechanism that forms the basis of Australia&#039;s solar power subsidy - STCs.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-stc-value-mb1489\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SolarQuotes Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SolarQuotes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-04-16T19:37:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/solar-rebate-stc.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michael Bloch\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-stc-value-mb1489\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-stc-value-mb1489\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Bloch\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1\"},\"headline\":\"Another Good Reason To Go Solar Now: STC Value\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-04-16T19:37:29+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-stc-value-mb1489\/\"},\"wordCount\":503,\"commentCount\":6,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-stc-value-mb1489\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/solar-rebate-stc.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"General Solar &amp; 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