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Written by the people who build the engine.

Every piece here comes out of something the product had to get right — a deeming factor, a rebate rule, a distributor's export limit. If we had to work it out to make SunLedger correct, it is worth writing down properly.

STC CLAIMS

The 2026 STC step-down, in plain numbers

Deeming drops to five years for a 2026 install and falls again every January until the scheme ends. Here is what that does to a 6.6 kW quote, with the arithmetic shown rather than described.

12 Aug 20267 min read
STC CLAIMS

What the CER actually rejects, and how not to be

The evidence rules that fail claims most often — geotagging, serial capture, timing — and what a clean submission looks like when it lands.

5 Aug 20269 min read
BATTERIES

The 1 May 2026 battery tiers, worked through

What the 100 / 60 / 15% split does to a 20 kWh system, and why an install dated 30 April is a different quote to one dated 2 May.

29 Jul 20266 min read
DESIGN

Sizing strings to AS/NZS 5033 without a site visit

Cold-morning voltage, MPPT windows, and the arrangements that pass on paper and fail on the roof.

22 Jul 202611 min read
PRICING

Pricing backwards: from out-of-pocket to system price

Australian customers shop on what they hand over. Quoting forwards from a system price is how a proposal ends up showing a negative net cost.

15 Jul 20268 min read
TRADING

Reading STC prices: spot, net of fees, and what you actually get

Why three traders quote three numbers for the same batch, and which one is comparable.

8 Jul 20266 min read
GRID

Export limits by distributor, and designing around them

What each DNSP allows, when approval is needed, and how the answer changes the system you quote.

1 Jul 202610 min read