Victorian Energy Efficiency Target Amendment (Scheme Target) Regulations 2011

Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel Authorised Version i Victorian Energy Efficiency Target Amendment (Scheme Target) Regulations 2011 S.R. No. 31/2011 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Regulation Page 1 Objective 1 2 Authorising provision 1 3 Commencement 2 4 Principal Regulations 2 5 Scheme acquisitions 2 12 Scheme acquisition 2 6 VEET scheme target 3 13 VEET scheme target 3 ═══════════════ ENDNOTES 4 -- 1 of 5 -- Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel Authorised Version 1 STATUTORY RULES 2011 S.R. No. 31/2011 Victorian Energy Efficiency Target Act 2007 Victorian Energy Efficiency Target Amendment (Scheme Target) Regulations 2011 The Governor in Council makes the following Regulations: Dated: 24 May 2011 Responsible Minister: MICHAEL O'BRIEN Minister for Energy and Resources MATTHEW McBEATH Clerk of the Executive Council 1 Objective The objective of these Regulations is to amend the Victorian Energy Efficiency Target Regulations 2008 to— (a) prescribe the VEET scheme target for each year of the period commencing 1 January 2012 and ending 31 December 2014; and (b) prescribe customers for the purposes of the definition of scheme acquisition. 2 Authorising provision These Regulations are made under section 75 of the Victorian Energy Efficiency Target Act 2007. -- 2 of 5 -- S.R. No. 31/2011 Victorian Energy Efficiency Target Amendment (Scheme Target) Regulations 2011 2 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel 3 Commencement (1) These Regulations (except regulation 5) come into operation on 31 May 2011. (2) Regulation 5 comes into operation on 1 January 2012. 4 Principal Regulations In these Regulations, the Victorian Energy Efficiency Target Regulations 20081 are called the Principal Regulations. 5 Scheme acquisitions For regulation 12 of the Principal Regulations, substitute— "12 Scheme acquisition For the purpose of the definition of scheme acquisition in section 3(1) of the Act, the following are prescribed customers— (a) all of a relevant entity's customers of electricity in Victoria; (b) all of a relevant entity's customers of gas in Victoria, other than customers who are engaged in the activity of owning, controlling or operating a gas-fired electricity generator connected to the interconnected national electricity system and who, for the purposes of section 11(1) of the National Electricity (Victoria) Law are Registered participants, or are exempt from the requirement to be a Registered participant, in relation to that activity.". r. 3 -- 3 of 5 -- S.R. No. 31/2011 Victorian Energy Efficiency Target Amendment (Scheme Target) Regulations 2011 3 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel 6 VEET scheme target After regulation 12 of the Principal Regulations insert— "13 VEET scheme target For the purposes of section 30(b) of the Act, the VEET scheme target is, in each year of the period commencing 1 January 2012 and ending 31 December 2014, 5·4 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent of greenhouse gas emissions.". ═══════════════ r. 6 -- 4 of 5 -- S.R. No. 31/2011 Victorian Energy Efficiency Target Amendment (Scheme Target) Regulations 2011 4 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel ENDNOTES 1 Reg. 4: S.R. No. 158/2008 as amended by S.R. Nos 109/2010 and 127/2010. Endnotes -- 5 of 5 --