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National GreenPower Accreditation Program: Annual Compliance Audit 1 January 2008 to 31 December 2008 National GreenPower Accreditation Program: Annual Compliance Audit Contents 1. Introduction .........................................................................................................................................4 1.1 Background ..........................................................................................................................4 1.2 Scope of Audit ......................................................................................................................4 1.3 Audit Methodology ...............................................................................................................5 1.4 Limitations and Exceptions ..................................................................................................6 1.5 Structure of the Report .........................................................................................................7 1.6 Key Terms ............................................................................................................................7 2. National GreenPower Accreditation Program ....................................................................................9 2.1 Overview ...............................................................................................................................9 2.2 GreenPower Program Rules .................................................................................................9 2.3 GreenPower Products ........................................................................................................ 12 2.4 GreenPower Generators .................................................................................................... 14 3. Summary of Findings ....................................................................................................................... 15 3.1 Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 15 3.2 Summary of Audit Findings ................................................................................................ 15 4. ActewAGL – Greenchoice ............................................................................................................... 28 5. AGL – Green Power ........................................................................................................................ 30 6. Alinta – GreenPower EcoPlus ......................................................................................................... 32 7. Ark Climate - GreenPower............................................................................................................... 33 8. Aurora – AuroraGreen ..................................................................................................................... 34 9. Australian Power and Gas – Greentricity ........................................................................................ 35 10. Carbon Planet – GreenPower ....................................................................................................... 37 11. Click Energy – ClickNatural ........................................................................................................... 38 12. Climate Friendly – GreenPower .................................................................................................... 39 13. Country Energy – Country Green .................................................................................................. 40 14. COzero – GreenPower .................................................................................................................. 42 15. EnergyAustralia – PureEnergy ...................................................................................................... 43 16. Ergon Energy Queensland – Clean Energy .................................................................................. 45 17. Horizon Power – GreenSelect ....................................................................................................... 47 18. Integral Energy – INgreen ............................................................................................................. 48 ii | Industry and Investment NSW, December 2009 National GreenPower Accreditation Program: Annual Compliance Audit 19. Integral Energy – Business Green ................................................................................................ 49 20. Integral Energy – Hampton Wind .................................................................................................. 50 21. Jackgreen – Jackgreen Power ...................................................................................................... 51 22. Momentum – Energy Green .......................................................................................................... 52 23. Neighbourhood Energy – GreenLight ............................................................................................ 53 24. Origin Energy – Green Earth ......................................................................................................... 54 25. Origin Energy – Earth’s Choice ..................................................................................................... 57 26. Origin Energy – EcoPower ............................................................................................................ 59 27. Origin Energy – EcoSaver ............................................................................................................. 60 28. Pacific Hydro - GreenPower .......................................................................................................... 61 29. Red Energy – Green Energy ......................................................................................................... 62 30. Simply Energy – GreenSaver ........................................................................................................ 63 31. Simply Energy – GreenPremium ................................................................................................... 64 32. Simply Energy – Green@work ...................................................................................................... 65 33. Synergy – NaturalPower ............................................................................................................... 66 34. Synergy – EasyGreen ................................................................................................................... 67 35. TRUenergy – TRUenergy Green ................................................................................................... 68 36. South Australia Electricity – Green Energy ................................................................................... 70 37. Queensland Electricity – Green Energy ........................................................................................ 71 38. Victoria Electricity – Green Energy ................................................................................................ 72 39. Viridor – Deep Green..................................................................................................................... 73 Tables Table 1: Summary of Criteria in Sections 3 and 4 of Program Rules ....................................................9 Table 2: GreenPower Products Offered During the 2008 Settlement Period ..................................... 13 Table 3: Unqualified Opinions ............................................................................................................. 16 Table 4: Qualified Opinions ................................................................................................................. 21 Appendices Appendix 1: National GreenPower Accreditation Program: Program Rules Appendix 2: GreenPower Transition Arrangements iii | Industry and Investment NSW, December 2009 National GreenPower Accreditation Program: Annual Compliance Audit 1. Introduction 1.1 Background The National GreenPower Accreditation Program (the Program) was established in 1997 to support the growth of the renewable energy industry in Australia. The aim of the Program is to encourage the installation of new GreenPower generation facilities through increasing consumer demand and confidence in accredited GreenPower “Products”. This is achieved by allowing eligible electricity retailers, known as GreenPower “Providers” under the Program, to provide consumers access to electricity produced from renewable sources (via the purchase of Renewable Energy Certificates). The Program is offered through a joint collaboration of participating government agencies in New South Wales (NSW), Victoria (VIC), Queensland (QLD), South Australia (SA), Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and Western Australia (WA) and is governed by the National GreenPower Steering Group (NGPSG). Industry and Investment NSW (I&I NSW) is the Program Manager, and is responsible for administering the Program of behalf of the NGPSG. Each year an audit is conducted by an independent organisation to determine the compliance of GreenPower accredited Products against criteria set out in the National GreenPower Accreditation Program: Program Rules (Program Rules), see Appendix 1. The objective of this audit is to evaluate the compliance of GreenPower accredited Products offered by GreenPower accredited electricity retailers (Providers) against the Program Rules.