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.
(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.