STC Clearing House

What is the STC Clearing House?

The STC Clearing House facilitates the exchange of small-scale technology certificates (STCs) between buyers and sellers at the fixed price of $40 (excl.GST) and is accessible via the REC Registry.

The STC Clearing House works on a Surplus/Deficit basis. When the STC Clearing House is in Surplus there are more sellers than buyers and the seller's STCs are added to the end of the STC Clearing House Transfer List.

STCs are sold from the STC Clearing House Transfer List on a first-in-first-served basis. When the STC Clearing House is in Deficit there are more buyers than sellers and so a seller's STCs will be sold immediately.

The status of the STC Clearing House Transfer List is publicly available and updated on an hourly basis.
 
The STC Clearing House can only be utilised when the creator of the STCs has fulfilled certain compliance and process requirements under the Renewable Energy Electricity Act 2000 (the Act), and the STCs are validated by ORER. This could include determining system eligibility, installing the system, completing compliance paperwork and creating STCs in the REC Registry.

February 15, 2011