Electricity Supply (General) Amendment (Solar Bonus Scheme) Regulation 2015 (NSW)

New South Wales

Electricity Supply (General) Amendment

(Solar Bonus Scheme) Regulation 2015

under the

Electricity Supply Act 1995

His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following

Regulation under the Electricity Supply Act 1995.

ANTHONY ROBERTS, MP

Minister for Industry, Resources and Energy

Explanatory note
The object of this Regulation is to reduce, from fortnightly to six-monthly intervals, the frequency at which a distributor of electricity must report certain information (to the Minister for Industry, Resources and Energy and the Secretary of the Department of Industry, Skills and Regional Development) in connection with the (now closed) solar bonus scheme established under section 15A of the Electricity Supply Act 1995. The change in reporting frequency applies to the following information:

(a)	the total number of former regulated offer customers in the distributor’s distribution district who have installed and connected certain generators (including small photovoltaic generators and wind turbines) in accordance with the requirements of the solar bonus scheme,
(b)	the total generating capacity of all such generators in the distribution district.

This Regulation is made under the Electricity Supply Act 1995, including sections 15A (7) and 191 (the general regulation-making power).

Electricity Supply (General) Amendment (Solar Bonus Scheme) Regulation 2015 [NSW]

Electricity Supply (General) Amendment (Solar Bonus Scheme)

Regulation 2015

under the

Electricity Supply Act 1995

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Electricity Supply (General) Amendment (Solar Bonus
Scheme) Regulation 2015.

2      Commencement

This Regulation commences on the day on which it is published on the NSW legislation website.

3 Amendment of Electricity Supply (General) Regulation 2014

(1) Clause 61 Reporting and provision of information

Omit clause 61 (1). Insert instead:

(1) For the purposes of section 15A (7) of the Act, a distributor must provide to the Minister and the Secretary a report containing the information referred to in that subsection as soon as practicable after the end of each 6 month reporting period.

(2)	Clause 61 (3)
Omit the subclause.
(3)	Clause 61 (4)
Omit “referred to in subclause (1) (a)”.