{"id":50300,"date":"2021-05-14T06:16:36","date_gmt":"2021-05-13T19:46:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=50300"},"modified":"2021-05-14T06:16:36","modified_gmt":"2021-05-13T19:46:36","slug":"stc-prices-rebate-mb1996","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/stc-prices-rebate-mb1996\/","title":{"rendered":"STC Prices And Australia&#8217;s Solar Rebate: Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-50301\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/solar-rebate-stc-prices.jpg\" alt=\"Solar rebate and STC spot prices\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/solar-rebate-stc-prices.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/solar-rebate-stc-prices-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/solar-rebate-stc-prices-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/solar-rebate-stc-prices-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>STC spot prices have remained pretty strong so far this year, making it a great time to go solar &#8211; find out why.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Australia&#8217;s hugely popular &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/panels\/rebate\/\">solar rebate<\/a>&#8221; is almost always accessed as an up-front discount rather than something you have to apply for after forking out the full system cost. Generally speaking, the prices you see advertised for systems include that up-front discount.<\/p>\n<p>The subsidy is based on Small-scale Technology Certificates &#8211; or STCs for short. These bits of virtual paper can only be created after a system is installed. When you buy a solar power system, you agree to sign over the rights to them to get the discount and the installation company will claim the STCs post-installation.<\/p>\n<p>The number of STCs accompanying a system depends on three elements:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The system size in terms of solar panel capacity<sup class='endnote'><a href='https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/stc-prices-rebate-mb1996\/#en-50300-1' id='enref-50300-1' onclick='return hhEndnotes_show(50300)'>1<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>The year of installation<\/li>\n<li>The geographical location of the installation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The value of an STC fluctuates with market conditions. There is a ceiling on value ($40), but no floor; so they can theoretically drop to $0. That has never happened, but there was a period some years ago when they dropped to $26.<\/p>\n<h2>STC Spot Prices In 2021<\/h2>\n<p>The following graph sourced from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.demandmanager.com.au\/certificate-prices\/\">DemandManager<\/a> (and butchered by me) shows that this year STC spot prices (in blue) kicked off around the $38 mark and generally stayed above that level to this point; currently around $38.70. These are good prices in terms of supporting high solar rebate values.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-50302 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/stc-price-may21.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"403\" height=\"469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/stc-price-may21.png 403w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/stc-price-may21-258x300.png 258w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 403px) 100vw, 403px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For example, a eligible <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/systems\/6kw\/\">6.6kW system<\/a> installed in Sydney at the moment would be entitled to 91 STCs and attract a rebate value of around $3,500<sup class='endnote'><a href='https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/stc-prices-rebate-mb1996\/#en-50300-2' id='enref-50300-2' onclick='return hhEndnotes_show(50300)'>2<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p>What would happen if STC spot prices dropped to that low of $26 mentioned? In that scenario, the rebate would be worth approximately $2,366. A difference of more than $1,100 could make the difference between many households being able to afford to install a solar system and not.<\/p>\n<p>So, what are the chances of STC spot prices plummeting? I have no idea, but over the last 12 months the spot price doesn&#8217;t appear to have dropped below $37.20. At $37.20, the rebate value for a 6.6kW system would be around $3,385.<\/p>\n<p>At the maximum value of $40, the rebate would be $3,640.<\/p>\n<p>But if the last 12 months or so has taught us anything, it&#8217;s to expect the unexpected and holding out for potentially $140 maximum more may not turn out to be the best move. Also bear in mind the longer you put off installing solar panels, the longer you&#8217;re being locked into electricity bills much higher than they would be with solar energy.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;d like to see the impact of changes in values and what sort of rebate you can expect in your part of Australia, try the SolarQuotes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/tools\/stc_calculator\/\">STC calculator<\/a>, it&#8217;s super-easy to use.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>STC spot prices have remained pretty strong so far this year, making it a great time to go solar &#8211; find out why.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":50301,"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-50300","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>STC Prices And Australia&#039;s Solar Rebate: Update - SolarQuotes Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"STC spot prices have remained pretty strong so far this year, making it a great time to go solar - find out why.\" \/>\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\/stc-prices-rebate-mb1996\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"STC Prices And Australia&#039;s Solar Rebate: Update\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"STC spot prices have remained pretty strong so far this year, making it a great time to go solar - find out why.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/stc-prices-rebate-mb1996\/\" \/>\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=\"2021-05-13T19:46:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/solar-rebate-stc-prices.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\/stc-prices-rebate-mb1996\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/stc-prices-rebate-mb1996\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Bloch\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1\"},\"headline\":\"STC Prices And Australia&#8217;s Solar Rebate: Update\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-05-13T19:46:36+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/stc-prices-rebate-mb1996\/\"},\"wordCount\":601,\"commentCount\":2,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/stc-prices-rebate-mb1996\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/solar-rebate-stc-prices.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"General Solar &amp; 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