SA Power Networks
SA Power Networks is South Australia's only distributor, so there is no which-network question. The variable is the tooling: applying and closing out happen in two different systems, and access to the second is not granted the same way as access to the first.
What they assess
- Two systems, one job
- The application is lodged in SmartApply and the job is closed out in SmartInstall. They are separate applications inside the same portal rather than two tabs of one.
- Training gates the first submission
- Interactive online training has to be completed on a first embedded generation submission, and terms accepted, before the portals will open — which makes it a prerequisite to lodging rather than optional development.
Where it snags
Close-out access is not self-service. SmartApply access can be self-registered; SmartInstall access is requested by emailing the new energy services team with a name, preferred email and licence or accreditation number. Discovering that on the day a job needs closing is the wrong time. SA Power Networks — new embedded generation portal
A relevant agent has to be nominated from the state government's approved list before lodging, and the applicant is responsible for confirming that agent supports the technology proposed. The same choice is then confirmed again after installation on the certificate of compliance — one decision, touched twice, in two different systems. SA Power Networks — installing generation
The network does not arrange the meter, and the system is not to be switched on until an import and export capable meter is in place. A connection can be approved and physically installed and still be waiting on a retailer's metering job. SA Power Networks — about your approval
On flexible exports sites the device is registered through the inverter manufacturer's own commissioning app rather than the network portal, and the network's capability test cannot run until the manufacturer confirms registration. The arrangement only becomes active once that test passes, after commissioning. SA Power Networks — flexible exports
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