Manage Your Jobs before Battery Rebate Drop
Dear Retailers and Installers,
The current calculation formula for STC Battery Rebate will end on 30 April 2026.
To ensure your STC claims are smoothly approved under the current formula, your jobs must be completed on or before 30 April 2026, with all general compliance requirements satisfied.
Installers must finish testing and commissioning on or before 30 April 2026. Delayed completion will result in the job being eligible only for reduced STCs.
On-site verification photo (installer's "end-selfie") presents when the job is authentically tested and commissioned.
As an STC agent, we will rely on photo metadata to check the completion date of your job.
Falsifying documentation or altering on-site photo timestamp is not allowed in any circumstance.
You may arrange a schedule among solar retailers, electricians and suppliers, bringing forward your on-hand jobs. This can help to avoid any unexpected delay.
Two-jobs limit always applies on your installations.
One installer can only sign off two installations per day as a maximum:
Two PV systems,
Two Battery systems, or
One PV system + One Battery system (normally regarded as a combination job).
Special consideration is no longer accepted by SAA. If more than two jobs are signed off on the same day, any additional job must be waived.
A battery system is eligible for STCs only when a PV array has been installed on the roof.
This include:
Install a battery system to the premises where a PV array has been installed;
Install a battery system and a PV array at the same time.
The battery job will not be eligible for STCs if it is signed off on or before 30 April 2026 but the PV installation has not been completed at the time of battery installation.