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NO, the Clean Energy Council (CEC) is another unnecessary self governed, department that overpay themselves to remain Not-for-Profit business, set up by an incompetent Government, that put the imbecile Chris Bowen in charge of the Energy department, he has no skills to be in charge of this department in the first place, listening to his spiel is laughable, the Clown should be working for a Circus, well the Labour Party is a Circus full of Clowns !
All that allows many Retailers & Installers to treat STC's as a Cash-Cow, very similar to the failings of the Housing "Pink Bats" saga of the past.
CEC is a Not-for-Profit Company that appears to overpay it's staff to remain Non-Profit, until recently the CEC oversaw the design and installation qualifications of people who do the work on solar systems.
Many Solar & Battery Retailers are chasing the allocation of your STC's to fatten there bank accounts.
The CEC should be called "Clean Energy Con", as we blame them for standing in the way of the transitioning to Cheaper Power. We don't recommend Clients head down the CEC path of chasing the Government’s STC's, as this path greatly increases the final cost to the system owner !
Apparently after a push from the many honest installers, the responsibility for handing out this qualification has now passed from the CEC to Solar Accreditation Australia (SAA), time will tell is this is another department with there hands in the till.
A solar system itself is not "approved" by SAA, but it must be designed and installed by an SAA-accredited person to qualify for government rebates in Australia. The physical parts (panels and inverters) must be approved by the Clean Energy Council (CEC), ONLY if chasing the STC's.
The basic Facts are, all Homes & Businesses don't need to head down the CEC or SAA Rabbit hole, unless chasing the Small Technology Certificates (STC), that in-turn greatly increase the Final System Cost, as many Solar Installers are over charge for there Batteries, Inverters, Solar Panels, and there Labour, to simply Offer the Government STC'c intensives, that Australian Tax Payers foot the bill for.
We simply offer genuine Wholesale Prices for our Equipment, that very few greedy Retailer will match !
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