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What’s the current price of a certificate?

The financial benefit supplied to you by an Agent, or the total price given to you by a certificate broker/trader, can vary from day to day.  This is because STCs are traded in the STC market (like the stock market) and so prices vary depending on supply and demand.

The Clean Energy Council webpage displays a current spot price.  This price may not be the same offered to you by another trader or a registered Agent.  It does give a reasonable idea of where the price is hovering, however.

The only time the STC price is fixed is if it is to be traded through the Clean Energy Regulator managed STC Clearing House.  Prices of STCs are fixed at $40 (excluding GST), regardless of what the STC market is doing.

In the past decade, where the certificates were traded via a market, the spot price of a certificate has varied between AUD$15 and AUD$60. This information is based on data provided to the Clean Energy Regulator by certificate brokers or traders.  

Outside of the STC Clearing House, the Clean Energy Regulator does not set the price of STCs nor does it get involved in disputes between buyers and sellers. 

Payment for STCs or the rights to create STCs is a contractual matter between the buyer and seller, unless the STC has been sold within the STC Clearing House.