STC assignment and compliance documentation

The Clean Energy Regulator requires written compliance statements to be signed by installers, to include all of the information required to comply with the relevant legislation.

Under the regulations all SGUs installed on or after the below dates require additional compliance documentation that must be acquired before you can create STCs. This includes documents certifying that specific Australian/New Zealand Standards relating to installation of SGUs have been adhered to.

• PV Solar installations on or after 1 November 2010
• Hydro and wind installations on or after the 20 December 2010
• All installations after January 2011

The documents below are examples of the written statements required as defined by the Regulations, and contain all the information required to comply with the Regulations.

Agents may customise their own written compliance statements to incorporate additional explanatory text, company logos and other features.

[1] The information provided in this document may be subject to change with amendments to the Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000, the Renewable Energy (Electricity) Regulations 2010 (No. 5), and the administrative processes adopted by the Clean Energy Regulator.

Advice on statements

The statements were updated on 22 October 2010 and now combine both the STC Assignment Form with the Written Compliance Statements. These documents incorporate updates mandated by the Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment Regulations 2010 (No. 5), which came into force on 30 September 2010.

Separate forms to be used for individual installations, and not combined with the STC Assignment Forms, are also available below.

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The Clean Energy Regulator requires the Small-scale Technology Certificate (STC) Assignment form to include all of the information and fields outlined in the examples below. This is to ensure that agents obtain the relevant information for STC creation and comply with the legislation.

Agents may customise their own STC Assignment Form to incorporate additional explanatory text, company logos and other features. The Clean Energy Regulator requests STC Assignment forms that are created or changed be submitted to the Clean Energy Regulator  for review.

[1] The information provided in this document may be subject to change with amendments to the Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000, the Renewable Energy (Electricity) Regulations 2010 (No. 5), and the administrative processes adopted by theClean Energy Regulator.

Advice on forms

The SGU forms were updated in January 2011 to include the out-of-pocket expense amount and combine both the STC Assignment Form with the Written Compliance Statements.

The Solar Water Heater forms remain unchanged.

Advice on creating small-scale technology certificate

Please note the following two mandatory requirements in the SGU forms and how they must be entered into the REC Registry.

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Small-scale solar panel (photovoltaic) systems

• Combined STC assignment form and written compliance statement (Word 326 KB)

Small-scale hydro systems

• Combined STC assignment form and written compliance statement (Word 233 KB)

Small-scale wind turbines

• Combined STC assignment form and written compliance statement (Word 209 KB)

Solar water heater and heat pump systems

• Combined STC assignment form and written compliance statement (Word 159 KB)

If you install a small-scale solar panel, wind, or hydro system between 1 July 2011 and 30 June 2011, and the contracts for the supply and installation were signed by 5 May 2011, your installation may be eligible for the 4x solar credits multiplier.

In order to receive this multiplier, and before you create STCs for an installation, under the Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment Regulations 2011 (No 3) you must supply at least one Statutory Declaration to the Clean Energy Regulator.

These sample statutory declarations outline all the statements that must be complied with before eligibility for the 4x solar credits multiplier.

Your statutory declarations must be witnessed by a person prescribed by the Statutory Declarations Act 1959 and Regulations. A list of these persons is set out in the suggested templates. A person who intentionally makes a false statement in a statutory declaration is guilty of an offence, the punishment for which is imprisonment for a term of 4 years - see section 11 of the Statutory Declarations Act 1959.

Note that the contract documentation itself does not need to be supplied to the Clean Energy Regulator unless it is requested.

When completed, the signed document must be supplied to the Clean Energy Regulator. It is suggested that you first create the certificates in the REC Registry, then immediately send the statutory declaration documents as follows:

1. Email to retstatdec@cleanenergyregulator.gov.au.
2. Place your REC Registry account name (exactly as it appears in the REC Registry) and the Accreditation Code and/or Bulk Upload I.D relating to the Statutory Declarations into the "subject" field.

   

The preferred option to submit the statutory declarations is via email to retstatdec@cleanenergyregulator.gov.au.

You must keep the original statutory declarations for a period of 5 years as they may be required at any time by the Clean Energy Regulator for the purposes of auditing.

For more information, please see the Solar Credits eligibility page, or the Solar Credits 4x multiplier transitional page.

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• Statutory declaration for written contracts (PDF - 199 KB)
• Statutory declaration for written contracts (Word - 57 KB)
• Statutory declaration for oral contracts (PDF - 190 KB)
• Statutory declaration for oral contracts (Word - 54 KB)

If you are installing an eligible solar water heater or heat pump (SWH) system with a capacity greater than 700 litres you are required by the legislation to submit two statutory declarations to the Clean Energy Regulator prior to creating STCs. The above documents are suggested templates for the statutory declarations to ensure compliance with the requirements of the Statutory Declarations Act 1959. A blank statutory declaration form is available on the Attorney-General's Department website.

Your statutory declarations must be witnessed by a person prescribed by the Statutory Declarations Act 1959 and Regulations. A list of these persons is set out in the suggested templates. A person who intentionally makes a false statement in a statutory declaration is guilty of an offence, the punishment for which is imprisonment for a term of 4 years — see section 11 of the Statutory Declarations Act 1959.

After the statutory declarations have been signed you can:

1. Scan the documents and submit via email to retstatdec@cleanenergyregulator.gov.au.
   All emails must have the owner’s surname and the street number and name in the subject line. (ie. Douglas – 26 Smith St)
   
   OR
2. Submit a photocopy of the statutory declaration and your contact details to:
   
   Clean Energy Regulator
   Renewable Energy Target
   GPO Box 621
   Canberra ACT 2601

The preferred option to submit the statutory declarations is via email to retstatdec@cleanenergyregulator.gov.au.

You must keep the original statutory declarations for a period of 5 years as they may be required at any time by the Clean Energy Regulator for the purposes of auditing.

Download documents:

• Statutory declaration 1 (PDF - 113 KB)
• Statutory declaration 1 (Word - 52 KB)
• Statutory declaration 2 (PDF - 115 KB)
• Statutory declaration 2 (Word - 56 KB)