Renewable Energy (Electricity) Regulations 2001

For paragraph 20(2)(d) of the Act, an electricity generation return for an accredited power station for a year must include the following:

the year to which the return relates;

the nominated person’s registration number;

the identification code given to the power station;

the telephone number, fax number and e‑mail address (if any) of the power station;

for each eligible energy source used by the power station to generate electricity in the year:

the amount of electricity generated; and

the number of certificates created by the nominated person for that electricity;

any changes to information already given to the Regulator or the Renewable Energy Regulator about the following matters in relation to the power station:

ownership;

company mergers involving the owner or the operator;

street address, telephone number, fax number and e‑mail address (if any);

electricity supply arrangements;

generation capacity;

the 1997 eligible renewable power baseline that applied to the power station for the year;

the date when the power station became an accredited power station;

if the power station was not an accredited power station for all of the year:

the amount of electricity generated by the power station since it became accredited; and

the number of certificates created by the nominated person for that amount of electricity;

if a certificate was created in the year for an amount of electricity generated by the power station in a previous year:

the number of certificates created by the nominated person for the amount of electricity generated in each previous year; and

each eligible energy source used to generate that electricity;

information about any electricity that was imported into the power station in the year and how it was used;

details of any breach of the conditions of a permit, or conviction for an offence, under any Commonwealth, State, Territory or local government law related to the operation of the power station during the year, or, if there was no breach or conviction during the year, a declaration to that effect.

The first return for an accredited power station after commencement of this regulation must also include the following:

for the years since gaining any accreditation under the Act, details of any breach of the conditions of a permit, or conviction for an offence, under any Commonwealth, State, Territory or local government law related to operation of the power station;

if there was no breach or conviction for those years, a declaration to that effect.

See subsection 20(2) of the Act for other information that must be included in an electricity generation return.