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ELECTRICITY SUPPLY ACT 1995 - SECT 97DA
Eligibility for accreditation
97DA Eligibility for accreditation
(1) The regulations and greenhouse gas benchmark rules may make provision for
or with respect to the eligibility of a person for accreditation as an
abatement certificate provider.
(2) The regulations and greenhouse gas
benchmark rules may make provision for accreditation as an abatement
certificate provider in respect of any activities or class of activities that
promote the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
(3) Without limiting
subsection (2), the regulations and the greenhouse gas benchmark rules may
make provision for or with respect to eligibility for accreditation in respect
of the following activities-- (a) the generation of electricity in a manner
that results in reduced emissions of greenhouse gases,
(b) activities that
result in reduced consumption of electricity,
(c) activities of elective
participants, associated with production processes that use electricity in
this State, that result in reduced emissions of greenhouse gases.
(4) The
regulations and greenhouse gas benchmark rules may make provision for or with
respect to eligibility for accreditation in respect of carbon sequestration by
the planting of forests or other means, but only if-- (a) the activity occurs
in this State, or
(b) the activity occurs in another jurisdiction in which a
mandatory scheme intended to promote the reduction of greenhouse gas
emissions, approved by the Minister for the purposes of this subsection, is in
operation.
(5) The Minister may approve a scheme for the purposes of
subsection (4) only if the Minister is satisfied that-- (a) the reduction of
greenhouse gas emissions proposed to be achieved by the scheme is not less
than the reduction proposed to be achieved by the scheme established under
this Part, and
(b) the monitoring and enforcement of compliance with the
scheme to be approved is no less stringent than that applicable to the scheme
established under this Part.
(6) The regulations and greenhouse gas benchmark
rules are to include provision for the recognition of the arrangements in
place before the commencement of this Part relating to category A generation,
under which energy in certain circumstances is deemed to be assigned to a
retailer, so as to ensure that the retailer is entitled (subject to
accreditation as an abatement certificate provider under this Part) to create
abatement certificates in respect of any abatement of greenhouse gas emissions
associated with that energy.
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