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South Australia
Electricity (Renewable Energy) Amendment
Bill 2010
A BILL FOR
An Act to amend the Electricity
Act 1996.
Contents
Part 1—Preliminary
1Short
title
2Commencement
3Amendment
provisions
Part 2—Amendment of Electricity
Act 1996
4Amendment of
section 36AC—Interpretation
5Amendment of section
36AD—Feeding-in of electricity to networks by domestic
customers
6Amendment of section 36AE—Expiry of
scheme
Schedule 1—Transitional
provision
1Transitional provision
The Parliament of South Australia enacts as
follows:
This Act may be cited as the Electricity (Renewable Energy) Amendment
Act 2010.
This Act will come into operation on 1 January 2011.
In this Act, a provision under a heading referring to the amendment of a
specified Act amends the Act so specified.
Part
2—Amendment of Electricity
Act 1996
4—Amendment
of section 36AC—Interpretation
Section 36AC, definition of qualifying
generator—delete the definition and substitute:
qualifying generator means—
(a) a small photovoltaic generator—
(i) that is operated by a qualifying customer; and
(ii) that complies with Australian Standard—AS 4777 (as
in force from time to time or as substituted from time to time); and
(iii) that is connected to a distribution network in a manner that allows
electricity generated by the small photovoltaic generator to be fed into the
network; or
(b) a wind turbine generator—
(i) that is operated by a qualifying customer; and
(ii) that complies with any standard prescribed by the regulations for the
purposes of this definition; and
(iii) that is connected to a distribution network in a manner that allows
electricity generated by the wind turbine generator to be fed into the network;
or
(c) any other generator that generates electricity from a renewable energy
source—
(i) that is operated by a qualifying customer; and
(ii) that complies with any standard prescribed by the regulations for the
purposes of this definition; and
(iii) that is connected to a distribution network in a manner that allows
electricity generated by the generator to be fed into the network,
other than where the distribution network is an excluded network;
renewable energy source means any of the following:
(a) solar;
(b) wind;
(c) any other source brought within the ambit of this definition by the
Minister by notice published in the Gazette;
5—Amendment
of section 36AD—Feeding-in of electricity to networks by domestic
customers
(1) Section 36AD(1)(b)—delete paragraph (b) and
substitute:
(b) credit against the charges payable by the qualifying customer for the
supply of electricity to the qualifying customer the amount of
$0.50 per kWh for any electricity generated by the qualifying
generator of the qualifying customer (after taking into account the operation of
subsections (2), (3) and (4)); and
(2) Section 36AD(2)(b)(i)—delete "fed into the distribution
network by" and substitute:
generated by the qualifying generator of
(3) Section 36AD(2)(b)(ii)—delete "fed into the distribution
network" and substitute:
generated by the qualifying generator
(4) Section 36AD(3)—delete "fed into the distribution network"
and substitute:
generated by the qualifying generator of the qualifying customer
6—Amendment
of section 36AE—Expiry of scheme
Section 36AE—delete "fed into a distribution network" and
substitute:
generated
Schedule
1—Transitional provision
The amendments made by this Act will apply to electricity generated by a
qualifying generator under section 36AC of the Electricity
Act 1996 after the commencement of this Act.