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RENEWABLE ENERGY AMENDMENT (INCREASED MANDATORY RENEWABLE ENERGY TARGET) BILL 2008
2008
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
THE SENATE
Presented and read a first time
Renewable Energy Amendment
(Increased Mandatory Renewable
Energy Target) Bill 2008
No. , 2008
(Senator Milne)
A Bill for an Act to progressively increase the
target for mandatory renewable energy
requirements, and for related purposes
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No. , 2008
Contents
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Short title ............................................................................................ 1
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Commencement .................................................................................. 1
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Schedule(s) ......................................................................................... 2
Schedule 1-- Amendme nt of the Renewable Energy
(Electricity) Act 2000
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Renewable Energy Amendment (Increased Mandatory Renewable Energy Target) Bill 2008
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A Bill for an Act to progressively increase the
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target for mandatory renewable energy
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requirements, and for related purposes
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The Parliament of Australia enacts:
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1 Short title
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This Act may be cited as the Renewable Energy Amendment
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(Increased Mandatory Renewable Energy Target) Act 2008.
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2 Commence ment
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This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal
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Assent.
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3 Schedule(s)
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Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or
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repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule
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concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect
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according to its terms.
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Amend ment of the Renewab le Energy (Electricity) Act 2000 Schedule 1
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Schedule 1
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Amendment of the Renewable
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Energy (Electricity) Act 2000
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1 Section 40
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Repeal the section, substitute:
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40 Required GWh of rene wable source electricity
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(1) The required GWh of renewable source electricity for a year is set
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out in the following table:
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Required GWh of renewable source electricity
Year
GWh
2001
300
2002
1100
2003
1800
2004
2600
2005
3400
2006
4500
2007
5600
2008
6800
2009
8100
2010
9500
2011
11500
2012
13500
2013
16000
2014
19000
2015
22500
2016
26500
2017
31000
2018
35500
2019
40000
2020 and later years
45000
Schedule 1 A mendment of the Renewab le Energy (Electricity) Act 2000
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(2) The Minister must ensure that the figures in column 2 of the table
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in subsection (1) are reviewed each year and revised by legislative
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instrument, if necessary, to ensure that by 2020 at least 20% of
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electricity generated in Australia each year is derived from
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renewable sources.
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