New South Wales Consolidated Acts New South Wales Consolidated ActsIn this Part:
"abatement certificate" means an abatement certificate created under this
Part, being a transferable abatement certificate or a non-transferable
abatement certificate.
"accredited abatement certificate provider" means a person accredited as an
abatement certificate provider under this Part and whose accreditation is in
force.
"AEMO" means the Australian Energy Market Operator Limited ACN 072 010 327.
"benchmark participant" means a person referred to in section 97BB (1) who is
subject to a greenhouse gas benchmark.
"carbon dioxide equivalent" of greenhouse gas emissions means the mass of
carbon dioxide measured in tonnes that has the same global warming potential
as the gas emissions.
"elective participant" means a benchmark participant referred to in section
97BB (1) (d) or (e).
"electricity sector benchmark" means the electricity sector benchmark referred
to in section 97BC (a).
"greenhouse gas" means carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, a
perfluorocarbon gas or any other gas prescribed by the regulations for the
purposes of this definition.
"greenhouse gas benchmark" for a benchmark participant means the benchmark for
a year, in tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent of greenhouse gas emissions,
determined for the participant under this Part.
"greenhouse gas benchmark rule" means a rule approved under section 97K.
"greenhouse penalty" means the penalty payable under this Part by a
benchmark participant who fails to comply with the participant’s
greenhouse gas benchmark for reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
"greenhouse shortfall" means the amount, in tonnes of
carbon dioxide equivalent, by which a benchmark participant fails to comply
with the participant’s greenhouse gas benchmark for a year, as determined
under this Part.
"large customer" means:
(a) a customer (other than a retail supplier) that on its own account, or together with one or more other such customers (who are related entities), uses:(i) 100 gigawatt hours or more of electricity at a single site in this State in any year, or(ii) 100 gigawatt hours or more of electricity at more than one site in this State in any year, at least one of which uses 50 gigawatt hours or more of electricity in that year, or
(b) a related entity of a customer referred to in paragraph (a), whether or not the entity is a customer."market customer" means a customer that has classified any of its electricity loads as a market load and that is registered with AEMO as a market customer under the National Electricity Code .
(a) a related body corporate of the customer, or
(b) a beneficiary of a trust of which the customer is or has at any time been a trustee, or
(c) a trustee of a trust under which a person is a beneficiary, if the person is a related entity of the customer because of any other application or applications of this definition, or
(d) engaged in a joint venture with the customer or a related entity of a customer."renewable energy certificate" means a certificate created under the Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000 of the Commonwealth.