aurora+ terms of service

Terms and Conditions

These terms and conditions explain in detail your rights and obligations when using aurora+ and its features, including accessing the digital web (browser URL) and mobile interfaces.

aurora+ is available to all eligible residential and business customers on a Standard Retail Contract. Aurora Energy does not charge any additional fees for the use of aurora+ and prices for a Standard Retail Contract are set by the independent Tasmanian Economic Regulator.

These terms and conditions do not cover the sale or supply of energy to you at your premises or related matters which are covered in your Standard Retail Contract.

More information about aurora+, your Standard Retail Contract and other matters can be found on our website auroraenergy.com.au.

1. The parties

These terms and conditions are between:
(a) Aurora Energy Pty Ltd ACN 082 464 622 (referred to as ‘Aurora Energy’, ‘we’, ‘our’ or ‘us’); and
(b) You, the customer to whom these terms and conditions apply (referred to as ‘you’ or ‘your’).

2. Use of aurora+

(a)   We, Aurora Energy, are the owner of aurora+ and operate its key features, including the web and mobile interfaces. We may, at our sole discretion, refuse to provide you with access to aurora+, including where you fail to satisfy the pre-conditions detailed in clause 3.
(b)   You agree to be bound by these terms and conditions. Your use of aurora+ and access to its features indicates your acceptance of and agreement with these terms and conditions, as they exist at the time of use.
(c)   We may amend these terms and conditions at any time. If we do so, we will endeavour to provide notice as soon as practicable that changes have been made (e.g. on our website). If you use aurora+ or access its features after a notice of change has been provided, you will be deemed to have accepted the new terms and conditions.
(d)   You agree that use of aurora+ requires compatible devices and internet access, may require certain software or operating systems, may require periodic updates, and may be affected by the performance of these factors. You agree that meeting these requirements, which may change from time to time, is your responsibility.
(e)   These terms and conditions do not affect your rights and obligations under your Standard Retail Contract.
(f)   You are not required to pay Aurora Energy any separate fees or charges for the use of aurora+, including the web and mobile interfaces. However, you may incur charges from your mobile service provider for downloading and using the application. More information on Aurora Energy’s prices can be found on our website auroraenergy.com.au.

3. Pre-conditions – are you eligible?

(a)   In order to be, and remain, eligible for aurora+ you must fulfil the following pre-conditions:
(i)   be an Aurora Energy residential or small business customer;
(ii)   have a communications-enabled advanced meter installed at your premises or provide consent for one to be installed; and
(iii)   have a valid email address assigned to your individual Aurora Energy account and provide consent to receive your energy statement by electronic means.
(b)   You must also select a tariff that is compatible with aurora+. The tariffs that are compatible with aurora+ may be updated from time to time at our discretion.

4. Functionality and compatibility of aurora+

(a)   We may alter the features and functionality of aurora+ and/or the content and data made available through the digital web and mobile interfaces at any time, with or without notice to you, and, to the full extent permitted by law and subject to these terms and conditions, we will not be liable to you or to any third party should we exercise such rights.
(b)   Some aurora+ features and functionality may be administered by third parties or licensors of Aurora Energy.
(c)   We are not responsible for assessing your digital device to ensure its compatibility with aurora+ or the digital web and mobile interfaces. You must take all steps required to ascertain the suitability of aurora+ and its features for your individual circumstances.
(d)   Some of the features and functionality associated with aurora+ may be dependent on your circumstances, and access to some of the features and functionality may require you to satisfy pre-conditions in addition to those in clause 3.

5. Notifications

(a)   You agree to receive aurora+ product and service notifications from Aurora Energy or relevant third parties (if applicable) via the digital web and mobile interfaces and other standard communication channels (e.g. email or SMS). Notifications may include, but are not limited to:
(i)   When an energy statement is issued, due or overdue;
(ii)   When a payment plan instalment is due or overdue; or
(iii)   When a payment through the digital web or mobile interface has been successful, is pending or has failed.
(b)   We may send notifications via a push notification, email or SMS. Push notifications may be sent to any compatible device on which you have installed and registered aurora+.
(c)   From time to time you may receive notification messages through aurora+, including commercial electronic messages, which advertise, promote or offer new or existing features, products or services. You agree to receive such messages and that notifications and commercial electronic messages need not contain information about how to unsubscribe. However, we will honour any general preferences you make in relation to the receipt of marketing materials and your preferences in aurora+ concerning notifications and new offers.
(d)   Depending on your device setting, notifications may be seen by other people (including authorised persons) who are able to see your device. Please check the notification setting on all your devices to ensure they are appropriate for your individual needs.
(e)   We are not responsible for you failing to receive notifications as a result of you disabling the notifications function on your digital device. You acknowledge that delivery of notifications may be subject to the quality of your internet connection.
(f)   Notifications will be sent to you and managed in accordance with our Privacy Policy and we reserve the right to suspend or discontinue notifications at any time without notice.

6. Data accuracy

(a)   The account balance displayed within aurora+ may vary slightly to the account balance shown in your energy statement due to rounding. Your statement will be the reference for all amounts owing.
(b)   We will use best endeavours to ensure information and other data in aurora+ through the digital web and mobile interfaces is current and up to date. However, we cannot always guarantee the information and other data is complete, current, accurate or free from errors or omissions, as it may be affected by a number of factors outside our control, including provision of data from third parties, changes in your consumption behaviour, telecommunication outages and estimated or substituted meter reads.
(c)   We also do not guarantee the accuracy of information provided by third parties within aurora+ (such as the provision of weather forecasts, home energy reports and energy usage recommendations). When possible we will let you know as soon as possible of any significant data accuracy matters.
(d)   In some cases, historical energy usage data, energy statements or transactions may not be available in aurora+ due to system constraints or other factors. If you have any questions regarding historical account information please contact us.

7. Privacy and security

(a)   We will comply with all relevant privacy legislation in relation to your personal information. You can find our Privacy Policy on our website. If you have any questions, you can contact our privacy officer.
(b)   Your credit card information will be stored securely by Aurora Energy’s banking partner and will not be stored in the digital web and mobile interfaces.
(c)   You must ensure that your user name and password details are kept secure and confidential. We will have no responsibility for unauthorised use of, or access to, the digital web and mobile interfaces by a third party, except where such unauthorised use or access is covered by relevant privacy legislation. This includes, but is not limited to, situations where your aurora+ user name and password details are intentionally provided to third parties or where digital web and mobile interfaces remain logged in on public devices. You should take all reasonable steps to ensure your devices are protected and not left unattended and report any unauthorised use of aurora+ to Aurora Energy.
(d)   To access multiple aurora+ accounts via a single sign on, you must use the same user name and password for all accounts. You agree that, where you intentionally provide your user name and password details to a third party, that they will have access to your aurora+ accounts.
(e)   We may use your personal information and data to help us understand trends in customer behaviour, including how and when aurora+ is used, to improve the performance and use of aurora+ and the quality of our data, or develop additional features or products that better meet customer needs. For more information please see our Privacy Policy.

8. Availability

The availability of the aurora+ service (including but not limited to information and data) and its features may be subject to interruptions from time to time, including planned and unplanned outages. Further, your access to or ability to use it may be affected by telecommunication outages or other events beyond our control.

9. Risk of viruses

While we will endeavour to control and eliminate any viruses which affect or are transmitted through the aurora+ service, we cannot guarantee that the service will at all times be free of viruses or bugs. You assume all risk for any loss or damage to your software, computer or mobile devices as a result of using the aurora+ service.

10. Access to aurora+

You may cease using aurora+ at any time and will:

retain your user name and password for future access to the digital web and mobile interfaces;
continue to receive your energy statement(s) electronically and be billed for your account(s) in line with your current billing cycle, unless requested otherwise; and
continue to receive account notifications as detailed in clause 5, unless requested otherwise.

If you cease using aurora+ this will not impact or affect any of your rights or obligations under your Standard Retail Contract with Aurora Energy.
We may remove your access to aurora+ immediately if you breach your Standard Retail Contract (including a breach giving rise to disconnection) or a breach of these terms and conditions, including but not limited to, a failure to maintain compliance with the pre-conditions detailed in clause 3, a failure to pay your energy charges or unauthorised and unlawful use of the digital web and mobile interfaces or other aurora+ features. Reactivating your access to aurora+ will be at Aurora Energy’s sole discretion.

11. Intellectual property

(a)   All intellectual property in relation to aurora+ and its content, including the digital web and mobile interfaces (but not including your personal information and/or data), belongs to Aurora Energy or its licensors. You obtain no interest in that intellectual property. All content which you access through aurora+ is protected by Australian copyright and other intellectual property laws. You may not do anything which breaches those laws or interferes with the intellectual property rights in the content.
(b)   The Aurora Energy logo is a registered trademark of Aurora Energy. Other trademarks may be displayed by aurora+ from time to time. Nothing displayed by aurora+ should be construed as granting any licence or right of use of any logo, trademark or masthead displayed by aurora+, without the express written permission of Aurora Energy.
(c)   You may download and view content or print a copy of material which you access through aurora+ for personal, non-commercial use provided you do not modify the content in any way.
(d)   All rights not expressly granted under these terms and conditions are reserved by Aurora Energy. Unless expressly stated otherwise, you are not permitted to copy, or republish anything you access using aurora+ without our permission.

12. Australian Consumer Law

We do not exclude any rights and remedies in respect of goods or services under the Australian Consumer Law in the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) which cannot be excluded, restricted or modified.

13. Force majeure

If we cannot meet an obligation under these terms and conditions because of an event outside Aurora Energy’s control (‘a force majeure event’):
(a) the obligation is suspended to the extent it is affected by the force majeure event for as long as the force majeure event continues; and
(b) we will use our best endeavours to give prompt notice of that fact including full particulars of the event, an estimate of its likely duration, the extent to which our obligations are affected and the steps being taken to remove, overcome or minimise those effects.

14. General

(a)   You may not use the digital web and mobile interfaces or other features of aurora+ for any purpose or in any way which is:
(i)   Unauthorised or unlawful;
(ii)   Is defamatory, harassing or threatening to any person;
(iii)   Promotes or encourages physical or mental harm to any person;
(iv)   Promotes violence against any person; or
(v)   Threatens or promotes terrorism.
(b)   These terms and conditions shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of Tasmania.
(c)   You agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Tasmania and the Commonwealth of Australia in respect of all matters arising out of or relating to these terms and conditions, their performance or subject matter.

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