New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ENERGY AND UTILITIES ADMINISTRATION ACT 1987 - SECT 34H

34H Payments out of Climate Change Fund

(1) There is payable from the Fund:

(a) any money approved by the Minister to fund all or any part of the cost of any measure that the Minister is satisfied promotes a purpose referred to in section 34F, and

(b) any money approved by the Minister to fund all or any part of the contributions that the State is required to make for the purposes of national energy regulation, and

(c) any money required to meet administrative expenses related to the Fund, and

(d) any money required to meet administrative expenses of the Minister in connection with the Minister’s functions under this Act in relation to savings action plans, and

(e) any money directed or authorised to be paid from the Fund by or under this or any other Act or law.

(2) In exercising the Minister’s functions under subsection (1) (a) (but without limiting the generality of that paragraph), the Minister may:

(a) approve selection criteria from time to time to be applied to determine the kinds of water or energy savings measures that will be eligible for funding, and

(b) approve the funding of community grants from the Fund, being grants awarded on the basis of their merit in advancing one or more of the purposes referred to in section 34F, established through a competitive selection process, and

(c) require a person or body seeking funding for a water or energy savings measure to do either or both of the following as a precondition to applying for or obtaining funding:

(i) to submit a water savings action plan or energy savings action plan (as the case requires) that includes details about the measure,

(ii) to provide any other information requested by the Minister about the measure, and

(d) obtain and have regard to any advice, recommendations or other information provided to the Minister by a committee established by the Minister under Division 5, or by any other person or body, that the Minister considers relevant.

(3) The Minister is to produce an annual report detailing fund allocations and programs and anticipated benefits, by reference to key performance indicators, to be achieved in advancing any one or more of the purposes referred to in section 34F.

(4) The annual report is to include an evaluation of the effectiveness of each program as it is completed under the Fund.

(5) The annual report is to be tabled in each House of Parliament within 6 months after the end of the financial year to which it relates.

(6) The Minister is to publish each annual report so as to promote, to the NSW public, schemes, technologies and processes that address climate change and to inform the NSW public about consumer choices and procurement decisions.