Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

ELECTRICITY FEED-IN (LARGE-SCALE RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATION) ACT 2011 (NO. 56 OF 2011) - SECT 5

The objects of this Act are to—

        (a)     promote the establishment of large-scale facilities for the generation of electricity from a range of renewable energy sources in the Australian capital region; and

        (b)     promote the development of the renewable energy generation industry in the ACT and Australia consistent with the development of a national electricity market; and

        (c)     reduce the ACT's contribution to greenhouse gas emissions and help achieve targets to reduce the ACT's greenhouse gas emissions; and

        (d)     address the need for urgent action to be taken to reduce reliance on non-renewable energy sources while minimising the cost to electricity consumers.