(1) The premium solar feed-in tariff period for a qualifying customer is the period—
S. 40FC(1)(a) amended by No. 64/2011 s. 22.
(a) commencing on the scheme start day; and
(b) ending on the earlier of—
(i) the fifteenth anniversary of the scheme start day; or
(ii) the declared scheme capacity day.
(2) However, if there is a declared scheme capacity day, the premium solar feed-in tariff period for a qualifying customer who has a contract in operation for the supply of qualifying solar energy generation electricity to a relevant licensee or small retail licensee immediately before that day, and has been credited with a premium solar feed-in credit at any time before that day, is the period—
(a) commencing on the scheme start day; and
S. 40FC(2)(b) substituted by No. 35/2013 s. 6.
(b) ending on—
(i) the fifteenth anniversary of the scheme start day; or
(ii) if, after 31 December 2012, the customer modifies their qualifying solar energy generating facility so that its installed or name-plate generating capacity is more than its capacity on 31 December 2012, the later of—
(A) the day on which section 6 of the Energy Legislation Amendment (Feed-in Tariffs and Other Matters) Act 2013 comes into operation; or
(B) the day on which that modification is made—
whichever occurs first.
S. 40FCA inserted by No. 64/2011 s. 5.