SA Power Networks
SA Power Networks is South Australia's only distributor, so there is no which-network question. The variable is access: applying and closing out happen on separate sides of one portal, and access to the close-out side is not granted the same way as registration.
What they assess
- One portal, two sides
- The application is created from the portal's requests tab and the installation is closed out from its installations tab. Closing out is a separate step the installer owns, not something approval completes.
- 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. Registering for the portal is, but an installer who needs the installations side requests that access separately by email, with a name, preferred email address and a licence or accreditation number. Discovering that on the day a job needs closing is the wrong time. SA Power Networks — how to register for the portal
A relevant agent has to be selected from the state government's list at application time, and it has to be one that supports the technology being installed. The same choice is then confirmed again after installation on the electronic certificate of compliance — one decision, touched twice, at two different points in the job. SA Power Networks — relevant agent
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
Go straight to
- SA Power Networks portalApplications are created from its requests tab and installations closed out from its installations tab.
- About your approvalWhat the approval does and does not permit, including the metering precondition.
- Embedded generation trainingThe portal's own user guides, from registration through application to close-out — worth reading before a first job depends on it.
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