(1) In these Regulations:

"Act" means the Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000 .

"auxiliary loss", for a power station or small generation unit, means the amount of electricity used, within the station or unit, for generating electricity.

"bioenergy" means the energy derived from an energy source mentioned in paragraphs (d) to (l) of the definition of eligible renewable energy source in subsection 17 (1) of the Act.

"biomass" means solid organic matter other than fossilised biomass.

Examples of fossilised biomass
Coal, lignite.

"cogeneration" means a power generation process that provides electricity and process heat as outputs.

"interconnected hydro-electric system" means a hydro-electric system in which water can be directed from a common storage down different watercourses so that water can be diverted from 1 power station to another, altering the amount of electricity that can be generated by each power station.

"national electricity market" means the interconnected electricity grids in the participating jurisdictions in the National Electricity Code.

"native forest" has the same meaning as in the Native Forest Policy Statement , published by the Australian Government Publishing Service, 1992, ISBN 0 644 46430 5.

"NEM standard metering" means the standard of metering mentioned in the National Electricity Code.

"plantation" has the same meaning as in the Native Forest Policy Statement , published by the Australian Government Publishing Service, 1992, ISBN 0 644 46430 5.

"regional forest agreement" has the meaning given by the Export Control (Hardwood Wood Chips) Regulations 1996 .

standby plant means an electricity generator that, for each of the immediately preceding 3 years:

(a)

produced less than 50 GWh; or

(b)

had a load factor of less than 5%.

"territorial sea" has the meaning given by section 3 of the Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973 .

(2) For the definition of small generation unit in subsection 5  (1) of the Act, a device is a small generation unit if:

(a)

its energy source is hydro, solar or wind generation; and

(b)

it has a generation capacity of less than 10 kW and it generates up to 25 MWh of electricity each year.