The Peak Demand Reduction Scheme puts a market value on capacity that takes load off the grid when the network needs it most, and since 1 September 2026 that includes commercial batteries. Ampaura VAST is certified for BESS4 and the RCTerra range for BESS5.
The scheme creates certificates for capacity that can reliably reduce demand during peak windows. A battery earns them because it can be counted on to push your site's grid draw down when the network needs it. Those certificates have a market value, and that value comes off the cost of your project. Projects completed before 1 September 2026 do not qualify.
Scheme rules and certificate values move. We quote the incentive as a line item at the value that applies on the day.
The scheme rewards the battery's ability to cut peak demand. Your network bill charges you for that same peak every month. So the one behaviour pays twice: the incentive up front, and the demand charge saving on every bill after it.
Demand charges can be 30 to 50% of a commercial bill. See how peak shaving works, in one picture.
Peak demand reduction →The picture differs state by state and changes often. We keep track of it.
Incentives around Australia →Tell us where the site is and send twelve months of interval data. You'll get back one page: the incentive as a line item at current value, the demand charge savings underneath it, and the assumptions stated.