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Trade In Green are your turnkey provider for the creation, management and trading of renewable and environmental certificates for PV systems, Solar Batteries, Solar Hot Water and Heat Pumps across Australia. We also buy and sell registered renewable and environmental certificates
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Small Scale Technology Certificates

The Small-scale Renewable Energy Scheme creates a financial incentive for individuals and businesses to install eligible small-scale renewable energy systems such as solar panel systems, small-scale wind systems, small-scale hydro systems, solar water heaters and air source heat pumps.
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STCs Batteries
STCs Batteries
Small Scale Technology Certificates (STCs) - Batteries

The Federal Labor Party Government has announced the Cheaper Home Batteries Program during the lead up to the Federal Election held 3rd May 2025. Now they have won the election for the second term it is now expected the program will commence 1st July 2025. Whilst there is little detail about the scheme, here is what we know so far.
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PRCs
PRCs
Peak Reduction Certificates (PRCs)

The Peak Demand Reduction Scheme (PDRS) is a NSW-based energy demand reduction scheme. From 1 November 2024 the Store and Shift method will commence for Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS). The PDRS was established to reduce peak electricity demand and pressure on the electricity network in NSW.
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Rec-Registry has been down for 3 days!

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Rec-Registry has been down since the afternoon of 30/06/2026!

The rec-registry has now been down since Tuesday afternoon 30/06/2026 preventing the registration, transfer and trading of STCs across the market. There has been no reason provided for the outage and no communication on when the registry will be back up and running. A a result this may have a knock-on effect to payment timeframes to retailers and installers. When we try to log into the registry, it states its a planned outage but, another section states they are investigating

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Update from the regulator recived 5pm Friday 03/07/2026

REC Registry outage update

We have identified an IT issue following an update to the REC Registry on Thursday 25 June 2026. This has resulted in duplicate certificates being created in REC Registry for some Renewable Energy Target (RET) participants.

REC Registry is unavailable while we work to resolve this issue to ensure the integrity of certificates under the RET. At this stage we don't anticipate the system will be available over the weekend. We'll provide an update on timing next week.

Please be assured that we're working to resolve this issue as quickly as possible. We will publish regular status updates on our website until the issue is resolved.

There are no security concerns as part of this issue, please be reassured that account information is safe.

How this impacts you

While REC Registry is unavailable you:

  • won't be able to submit applications or complete any transactions – at this time we can't complete any REC Registry transactions on your behalf
  • may still receive notifications about existing certificate applications as this issue doesn't impact the assessment of applications.

If you have urgent contractual or legislative obligations affected by this outage, please This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. This includes those affected by end of financial year obligations.

We understand this outage impacts many participants across the RET scheme. We apologise for any inconvenience this issue has caused and appreciate your patience as we work to resolve it as quickly as possible.

Regards,

REC Registry