New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ELECTRICITY SUPPLY ACT 1995 - SECT 97B

97B State greenhouse gas benchmarks

(1) The State greenhouse gas benchmarks are as follows:

(a) for the year commencing 1 January 2003, 8.65 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent of greenhouse gas emissions per head of State population,

(b) for the year commencing 1 January 2004, 8.31 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent of greenhouse gas emissions per head of State population,

(c) for the year commencing 1 January 2005, 7.96 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent of greenhouse gas emissions per head of State population,

(d) for the year commencing 1 January 2006, 7.62 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent of greenhouse gas emissions per head of State population,

(e) for each of the years commencing 1 January 2007 and ending on 31 December 2021 and each subsequent year, 7.27 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent of greenhouse gas emissions per head of State population.

(2) The State greenhouse gas benchmarks are to be the basis for the calculation of the greenhouse gas benchmark for each benchmark participant.