Your meter data provider already sends you the file your retailer uses to settle the wholesale market. gridIQ reads it natively, no CSV reformatting, no spreadsheet wrangling, no consultant engagement, and returns dual-method Scope 2 (location-based and time-matched market-based), aligned with GHG Protocol and designed to support ASRS disclosure. Every result is stamped with the DCCEEW factor version in force at the time, so your assurance team can trace any number back to a specific published factor set. Verify outputs with a qualified professional before regulatory submission.
Your meter data provider emails through a NEM12 file at the end of the month. Half-hourly intervals, multiple NMIs, rooftop solar export channels, substituted or estimated readings, AEST and AWST timestamps without daylight saving adjustments. The standard answer has been: hand it to a sustainability consultant or wrangle it in a spreadsheet for a day. gridIQ reads it natively: drop the file, see a preview, confirm the result.
Location-based Scope 2 uses a single grid intensity figure for the entire year. If your operations run during low-intensity daytime hours, your real emissions are lower than that number suggests. If you run overnight on coal-heavy baseload, they’re higher. Either way, the number in your sustainability report is wrong.
Getting an accurate, time-matched Scope 2 calculation typically means engaging a sustainability consultant. Current Australian market rates run from around $5,000 for a single-site point-in-time report up to $15,000+ for a multi-site annualised assurance package. The underlying inputs are the same public AEMO and DCCEEW data gridIQ pulls automatically.
Australia’s mandatory climate disclosure regime, AASB S2 under the broader Australian Sustainability Reporting Standards (ASRS), is phased in by entity size. Group 1 (large entities) first reporting periods commence on or after 1 January 2025; Group 2 from 1 July 2026; Group 3 from 1 July 2027. Limited assurance applies to Scope 1, Scope 2 and governance disclosures from the start, with reasonable assurance over all climate disclosures from financial years on or after 1 July 2030. Time-matched, market-based Scope 2 with a defensible factor-version audit trail is the direction AASB S2 expects.
This is general information. Verify your ASRS reporting obligations and assurance status with your legal or sustainability advisor. Sources: AASB S2 Climate-related Disclosures, AUASB ASSA 5010.
Time-matched Scope 2 calculations typically show a 15–40% difference from location-based figures, in either direction. For a mid-size commercial operation consuming 5,000 MWh annually, that difference can be hundreds of tonnes of CO₂e. The number matters for disclosure, for carbon offset procurement, and for demonstrating genuine progress.
See the worked numbers in our Scope 2 accuracy delta study: region-by-region comparison of location-based vs time-matched figures across an identical consumption profile.
Drop the retailer file your MDP just sent. No spreadsheet gymnastics, no custom CSV format. Watt nets out the rooftop solar export, flags substituted readings, prompts you to map any new NMIs to sites. Handles 5/15/30-minute intervals and AEST/AWST. From email attachment to Scope 2 figure in about thirty seconds.
Once your NEM12 file is uploaded, every half-hour of consumption is matched to actual grid carbon intensity from live AEMO data. Both location-based and market-based figures side by side. Re-run any time the underlying intensity data refreshes.
Every Scope 2 calculation is stamped with the published DCCEEW factor version used (e.g. "2023-24"). When factors are updated annually, your historical figures stay locked to the version that was current at the time, not silently re-baselined. Assurance teams and auditors can trace any number back to a specific published factor set.
Branded Scope 2 report with methodology, calculation tables, factor version attribution, and GHG Protocol notes. Verify with a qualified professional before regulatory submission.
See live carbon intensity across all six regions, five NEM states plus Western Australia’s WEM. Historical intensity charts and real-time tracking.
Ask Watt to calculate your grid carbon intensity for any half-hour window, compare emission intensity across regions, explain what is driving a spike in your location-based figure, or model the Scope 2 delta from shifting operations to midday. Watt draws on live AEMO data, not a static annual average.
Guided 4-step disclosure workflow with append-only audit trail and version-controlled restatements, built for mandatory climate reporting under Australia’s ASRS regime. Takes you from data entry to a finalised, audit-ready climate report without engaging a consultant for the mechanics.
NGER baselines and safeguard obligations for facilities covered by Australia’s Safeguard Mechanism, updated from CER publications. Know your facility’s position against its baseline before lodging.
Quarterly ACCU and SMC spot prices from the CER Quarterly Carbon Market Report (QCMR), plus issuance, surrender and scheme-participation trends back to 2001, alongside your Scope 2 figures. Track the offset market alongside your own emissions intensity.
Native NEM12 import. No CSV reformatting, no spreadsheet wrangling, no consultant engagement. The import takes about thirty seconds, including rooftop solar export netting and substituted reading handling.
Location-based and time-matched market-based, side by side. Every figure is locked to the published DCCEEW factor version in force when the calculation ran, so your assurance team can trace any number to a specific factor set.
Methodology, calculation tables, factor attribution, GHG Protocol notes. ASRS Pro plan extends this into the full single-entity disclosure workflow with an append-only audit trail and version-controlled restatements.
gridIQ replaces a $5,000–$15,000 consultant engagement with a $249/month platform that reads your retailer NEM12 file natively and updates continuously. Upload once, re-run on demand, track progress quarter by quarter.
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