Simply Energy and Billcap Abatement Project (Revoked)

Simply Energy and Billcap Abatement Project (Revoked) is an energy efficiency project headquartered in the inner-Melbourne suburb of Cremorne, approximately 3km southeast of the Melbourne CBD. Registered in August 2015, the project was designed to operate under the Aggregated Small Energy Users methodology. Unlike land-based carbon projects defined by physical boundaries, this project was an aggregation of dispersed households and small businesses, with the coordinates likely representing the proponent's operational base rather than a specific project site.

The project utilized the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative-Aggregated Small Energy Users) Methodology Determination 2015. This methodology focuses on reducing greenhouse gas emissions by encouraging small energy users, such as households, to change their energy consumption behavior. This is typically achieved through engagement campaigns, apps, or feedback systems that prompt users to reduce electricity or gas usage. Billcap Pty Ltd, a company specializing in energy bill analysis and customer engagement software, partnered with the retailer Simply Energy to implement these behavioral change "treatments."

While the project's administrative center in Melbourne lies in a temperate climate zone with clay and silt soils typical of the Yarra Delta, these environmental factors do not influence the project's mechanism. Instead of planting trees or managing soil, the project aimed to mine data for energy savings.

The project was voluntarily revoked in March 2018 under section 30 of the CFI Rule, meaning the proponent chose to withdraw the project. Public records indicate that no Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) were ever issued to this project during its registration period. The specific methodology used has since expired and is no longer available for new project registrations.