From 1 September 2026 the Peak Demand Reduction Scheme puts a market value on capacity that takes load off the grid when it matters most. A commercial battery is built for exactly that. Ampaura VAST is certified for BESS4. The RCTerra range is certified for BESS5.
From 1 September 2026 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. A project completed before 1 September does not qualify, so timing matters.
Scheme rules and certificate values move. We quote the incentive as a line item at the value that applies on the day, so you are never working from a stale number.
This is the part most people miss. The scheme rewards the battery's ability to cut peak demand, and your network bill charges you for that same peak every month. One behaviour, two payoffs: the incentive up front, the demand-charge savings every bill after.
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 track what applies so you do not have to.
Incentives around Australia →Tell us where the site is and send twelve months of interval data. You get back one page: the incentive as a line item at current value, the demand-charge savings underneath it, and the assumptions stated.