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Greenpower 2020 Annual Audit Report Final National GreenPowerTM Accreditation Program Annual Compliance Audit for 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020 A Report for the National GreenPower Steering Group Prepared by Clear Environment Pty Ltd 28 July 2021 Contents 1. Introduction .........................................................................................................................................5 1.1 Background ..........................................................................................................................5 1.2 Scope of Audit ......................................................................................................................5 1.3 Audit Methodology ...............................................................................................................6 1.4 Limitations and Exceptions ..................................................................................................7 1.5 Conflict of Interest ................................................................................................................7 1.6 Structure of the Report .........................................................................................................8 1.7 Key Terms ............................................................................................................................8 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 ....................................................................................................................... 16 3.1 Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 16 3.2 Summary Data .................................................................................................................. 16 3.3 Summary of Audit Findings ............................................................................................... 16 4. ActewAGL – GreenChoice .............................................................................................................. 25 5. ACXargyle – GreenPower ............................................................................................................... 26 6. AGL – GreenPower ......................................................................................................................... 27 7. Alinta Energy Retail Sales – GreenPower....................................................................................... 28 8. Alinta Sales – GreenPower ............................................................................................................. 29 9. Aurora – AuroraGreen ..................................................................................................................... 30 10. Click Energy – Click Natural .......................................................................................................... 31 11. CovaU Energy – GreenPower ....................................................................................................... 32 12. Delta Electricity - GreenPower ...................................................................................................... 33 13. Diamond Energy – Diamond Pure Plus ......................................................................................... 34 14. Discover Energy – Greenpower .................................................................................................... 35 15. Dodo Power & Gas – Dodo GreenPower ...................................................................................... 36 16. EnergyAustralia – PureEnergy ...................................................................................................... 37 17. Energy Locals - GreenPower ........................................................................................................ 38 ii | National GreenPowerTM Accreditation Program 18. Enova Energy – GreenPower ........................................................................................................ 39 19. Ergon Energy Queensland – Clean Energy .................................................................................. 40 20. Flow Power – GreenPower Active ................................................................................................. 41 21. Infigen Energy – GreenPower ....................................................................................................... 42 22. Lumo Energy Australia – Lumo Life VIC ....................................................................................... 43 23. Lumo Energy (SA) – Lumo Life SA ............................................................................................... 44 24. Momentum – Green Energy .......................................................................................................... 45 25. Nectr – GreenPower ...................................................................................................................... 46 26. Origin Energy – GreenEarth .......................................................................................................... 47 27. OVO Energy – The One Plan ........................................................................................................ 48 28. Powerdirect – Green Direct ........................................................................................................... 49 29. Powershop – Meridian Green ........................................................................................................ 50 30. QEnergy – QGreen ........................................................................................................................ 51 31. ReAmped Energy– GreenPower ................................................................................................... 52 32. Red Energy – Evergreen ............................................................................................................... 53 33. Shell Energy (formerly ERM Power Retail) ................................................................................... 54 34. Simply Energy – GreenPower ....................................................................................................... 55 35. Stanwell – GreenPower ................................................................................................................. 56 36. Synergy – NaturalPower ............................................................................................................... 57 37. Synergy – EasyGreen ................................................................................................................... 58 38. Tango Energy – GreenPower ........................................................................................................ 59 39. Tilt Renewables – GreenPower ..................................................................................................... 60 Tables Table 1: Structure of the Report .............................................................................................................8 Table 2: Definition of Key Terms ............................................................................................................8 Table 3: Summary of Criteria in Sections 3 and 4 of Program Rules ....................................................9 Table 4: Active GreenPower Products offered during the 2020 Settlement Period ............................ 13 Table 5: Summary of LGC Sources during 2020 Settlement Period................................................... 14 Table 6: GreenPower Generator Types used by GreenPower Products during 2020 Settlement Period............................................................................................................ 14 Table 7: Summary of Customer Numbers 2020 .................................................................................. 16 iii | National GreenPowerTM Accreditation Program Table 8: Summary of GreenPower Sales 2020 (MWh) ....................................................................... 16 Table 9: Unqualified Opinions ............................................................................................................. 17 Table 10: Qualified Opinions ............................................................................................................... 24 Appendices Appendix 1: National GreenPower Accreditation Program: Program Rules Appendix 2: GreenPower Accredited Generators used during 2020 Settlement Period iv | National GreenPowerTM Accreditation Program 1. Introduction 1.1 Background The National GreenPowerTM (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.
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