Electricity Supply Industry Act 1995

In determining a feed-in tariff rate under section 44G, the Regulator must consider the following matters:

the fair and reasonable value to authorised retailers of electricity supplied to the distribution network by feed-in tariff customers;

the net financial benefit, to authorised retailers, of electricity supplied to the distribution network by feed-in tariff customers, having regard to the costs of authorised retailers, including, but not limited to including – the costs to authorised retailers of purchasing wholesale electricity; and other costs of authorised retailers in operating their retail electricity businesses;

the other costs, or other benefits, that – the Regulator considers relevant, including, but not limited to including, those related to the distribution networks or transmission networks; and result, either directly or indirectly – from the supply of electricity to distribution networks by qualifying systems at premises of small customers;

the COAG National Principles for Feed-in Tariff Arrangements, as those Principles apply from time to time;

any arrangements of the Commonwealth, whether legislative or otherwise, in relation to the pricing of carbon emissions or other mechanisms to reduce the use of carbon-emitting fuels;

the principle that the feed-in tariff rate specified in the determination should not have the effect that any customer would effectively be cross-subsidising any other customer;

such approaches, methodologies, findings or recommendations, taken or made in other jurisdictions, as the Regulator thinks fit, for determining fair and reasonable feed-in tariff rates;

any prescribed matters;

any other matter the Regulator thinks relevant.