• Specific Year
    Any

CLEAN ENERGY ACT 2011 (NO. 131, 2011) - SECT 166 Criteria for issuing certificate of eligibility for coal-fired generation assistance

CLEAN ENERGY ACT 2011 (NO. 131, 2011) - SECT 166

Criteria for issuing certificate of eligibility for coal-fired generation assistance

             (1)  The Regulator must not issue a certificate of eligibility for coal-fired generation assistance in respect of a generation complex unless the Regulator is satisfied that the generation complex passes the generation complex assistance eligibility test.

Generation complexes

             (2)  For the purposes of subsection (1), a generation complex passes the generation complex assistance eligibility test if:

                     (a)  at any time during the period:

                              (i)  beginning on 1 July 2008; and

                             (ii)  ending on 30 June 2010;

                            the generation complex:

                            (iii)  was in operation; and

                            (iv)  was connected to a grid with a grid capacity of at least 100 megawatts; and

                     (b)  at least 95% of the electricity generated by the generation complex during the period:

                              (i)  beginning on 1 July 2008; and

                             (ii)  ending on 30 June 2010;

                            was attributable to the combustion of coal; and

                     (c)  the emissions intensity of the generation complex is greater than 1.0.

Note:          For emissions intensity , see section 168.

Capacity of grid

             (3)  For the purposes of this section, the capacity of a grid is to be determined in accordance with regulations made for the purposes of subsection 31(3) of the Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000 .

Rounding

             (4)  For the purposes of this section, disregard subsection 168(2) in working out the emissions intensity of a generation complex.